We had both in our showroom at one time. The Te Kaitora Rua is a phenomena cartridge. Silky smooth in the top end and even more so than its big brother XV-1. The later fares better in terms of dynamic and transparent, but not by far. The XV-1 is heavier at at 12.6g vs TKR's 9.8g, so choose your tonearm carefully. Even you owned the XV-1 before, you will be pleasantly surprise how good the TKR is.
