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From Benz to?

I've been on a Benz ride for the last few years, having owned and enjoyed the Wood SL, then the Gullwing SLR and my current Benz LPS, which I love (and has been retipped a couple times).  I find the Benz sound to be superbly balanced, leaning just to the warm side, with no apparent loss of detail.  Prior to Benz I had a Lyra Delos and a Clearudio MC (among a couple other ones.. Shelter 501?).  I even experimented with vintage MMs (Stanton 981 and Grace Ruby F8) on my Tracer tonearm (which is fairly low mass at ~9-10g) but went straight back to the LPS, cause it sounded more satisfying.  For those who have moved on from Benz to another cart and enjoyed the switch, are there any suggestions in the same sonic style of Benz, just perhaps a bit more treble refinement?   FWIW I detest treble tipped up cartridges.   One thing I've noticed is that Benz have a large stereo separation (and measures as such, >35dB), which helps (IMO) lead to a large soundstage.  Benz just hit all the buttons for me, but I'm feeling a desire to change, just to try something different. I've never tried Dynavector. Are they worth a shot, or are they completely different vs the Benz sound signature? 

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I too like Ortofon Cartridges, there is a family sound and the Jubilee and Windfeld are both Flagship models and have been the Cart's with proportions of their technologies that have trickled down to the Kontrapunkt and Cadenza ranges.

The Windfeld Ti is a little on its own, as it has not got a range born from it, but I am hoping the Verismo, with new technologies on board, might end up with a trickle down range to share proportions of the used technologies, maybe the Cantata Range is to be released to the masses.

I also am familiar with a Miyajima Cartridge used on a Glanz Arm in a friends system, I am always very impressed with this set up, recently when demonstrated with a perfect matched SUT, the ease of the presentation along with the usual qualities was mind bogglingly good.  

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