Clearaudio Classic Wood vs Grado Gold?


Hello, I am considering upgrading to one of these cartridges.
Currently I have a Pro-ject Xpression III Turntable which came with a factory installed Ortofon 2M Red.

Any opinion on the Clearaudio Classic wood vs the Grado Gold.
Grado Gold has a lot more opinions and reviews. It's hard to find information on the Clearaudio Classic wood.

Thanks,

-- Sanjay
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My clearaudio wood had a factory defect. Stylus was mounted to the cantilever with a 20 degree forward tilt. I ended up buying a microscope and putting several tiny strips of paper between the front of the cartridge and the mount to achieve vta. It is quite amazing what you see through a pocket microscope laying on a pile of play-doh. The stylus on my (current) zyx cartridge is about 1/5 the size of the one that was in the clearaudio. It as been awhile for me, but read about sra, stylus rake angle. I learned a lot from that defective cartridge.