Koetsu cartridges. They must be something special.

@larryi 

+1 Nailed it. This is why I own a Koetsu Rosewood Signature. My dealer bought several when he found out they were closing down shop. 

@Lewm wrote: " "It seems that quite a number of Audiogoners have Koetsu, or a few of them." That sentence has its own escape clause."

I read Inna's statement to mean that Koetsu are popular among participants and some have several of them. 

I own two stones- a Jade- which sounded great out of the box, and a Tiger Eye, which was a bit strident for the first thirty or so hours. Both a tad tail down (I can do VTA on the fly but don't mess with it much once dialed in, except for an extraordinarily thick or thin record- most of what I listen to is pretty standard old pressings from the nadir of vinyl- the '70s) and loaded at 100 ohms. The bass has dimension, tone and a filled-in quality that my system seemed to lack with other high end cartridges. It may be a synergy with the arm- an Airline, which really seems to like a low compliance cartridge. 

@whart...Bill, that was my interpretation too.  I have several also.

Yeah, of course I meant that some had a few Koetsu cartridges.

They are no longer made. Is there a brand that has a similar sound signature and is quite good, though maybe not as good as better Koetsu ?

Kiseki makes some really wonderful carts.  The Purpleheart is one of my favorites.