Is a Koetsu Rosewood Sig Overkill for my JMW 9Sig?

Goat,
I sent you a private email but to capsulize:

I like the 10.5 better than the 9. Is it the best match for the UNIverse and/or XV-1? No, but better than the 9.

I have nothing against unipivots. Actually I sell a line of unipivots.

Look, I've posted my opinions based on my experiences. If you find them similiar to your own, fine. That's great. If you don't and disagree, that's fine, too.

I don't care.

Does anyone have experience replacing the Scoutmaster's JMW 9 tonearm with something better?
What did you choose?

The analogue audio world is composed of 2 groups.....those that love Koetsus.......and the rest!
I have just bought a ZYX UNIverse after having Lyra Titan i,
Lyra Helicon, Clearaudio Signature, Koetsu 52nd Anniversary, Koetsu Rosewood Sig.
The Koetsus lasted but a week in my system....they are bland, soft, laidback and boring to the point that you want to physically shake them to wake up.
Koetsus sound like NO other cartridges.......so ask yourself....are they the only ones who know what music REALLY sounds like??!!
Do you feel lucky.......punk??!

Well I feel lucky....punk!

I just got a Rosewood last week and it does not sound bland, soft or boring!!

NO it does not have the high end extension of my dyna XV-1 nor the bottom end extension of my jubilee.

It does have a magic holographic midrange that brings a whole new set of musical details you have not heard from most cartridges that lead with their upper mid or treble to give a forward somewhat artificial rendition of music. It has less distortion in this range than most other cartridges.

Go see a great live concert, the music slows down so you can hear more, not speeds up to get listner fatigue.

The koetsu is closer in sound to other cartridges like my dyna XV-1 or denon 103r.

but then again the I owned and did not like the lyra helikon, it was always leaner than "real life" and brought listener fatigue on sooner than any other cartridge with the exception of the ruby2, which was plain dirty and grainy sounding.

But you like the YYX as well thou. Now people either like or hate that cartridge.

Me I think ZYX cartridges have about as much emotional connection to the listener as an IDOL contestant supporting the Rolling Stones.

cheers

Show me a person who hates the ZYX UNIverse .24 Copper....and I will show you a person who is tired of music!