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Benz Micro H2 or Grado???

My system:
Rogue M150's
CAT SL1
VPI TNT 3 w/ JMW 10 Tonearm.
Magnepan 3.6

My Question:

I had a +/- $300 Grado Cartridge which I broke (because I am an idiot).

The upside of the Grado was that I needed the output (4.0 mv). Now I am ready for a change. Which Cartridge do I get. I want to limit the question to Benz or Grado because Ibelieve the predominant winds shift around these two high output cartridges. Also....money needs to stay around $1000.

Thanks

ERIK
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bombaywalla
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Glad that you like it! I'll surmise that if you are this happy with the Benz H2, then you could be happier with the Benz L2 as the lower total weight of the L2 makes it a better tracker & more transparent. However, in your case you'd have to spend more money to use a L2 & that might not make you happy! (The CAT SL1 will not work very well w/o a step-up xformer for the L2. My experience! I lived with the L2 w/o a step-up for a few weeks. With step-up is better).
Someday, if you plan to spend $300 you could get the excellent K&K Audio (Lundahl xformer-based) step-up & exchange the H2 for a L2.
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