There is absolutely no way to come up with any real determination of one cartridge's superiority over another,unless it is in your own system,or in a system,of a friend,who's system characteristics you are intimately familiar with.If you like a cart. in a dealer demo,than that will tell you there are good performance characteristics present,but only a home audition can be meaningful,in a cartridge shootout.
That being said,my friend has the Koetsu,you mention,in a very good sounding set-up.It has all the characteristics that Doug has mentioned.I don't think you can go wrong with any of the better designs available today,so long as you have the proper output available,from your phonostage,and a good arm match.
That being said,my friend has the Koetsu,you mention,in a very good sounding set-up.It has all the characteristics that Doug has mentioned.I don't think you can go wrong with any of the better designs available today,so long as you have the proper output available,from your phonostage,and a good arm match.