High compliance cartridges tend to be low mass moving magnet or moving iron designs. On audition, I find them to be slightly sluggish and less "airy" than lower compliance designs. That beind said, it's hard to get beyond the differing sonic qualities of moving magnet and moving coil designs - moving coils have a very pleasant coloration which gives a warmth to vocals and a depth and "presence" to drums/percussion that can sound really special.
However, my hunch is that moving coil carts have faster "acceleration" in that they follow transients more faithfully, although the Grado line are an exception in that their stylus/cantilever are very low mass and they therefore exhibit very good performance on transients, albeit without moving coil colorations.
However, my hunch is that moving coil carts have faster "acceleration" in that they follow transients more faithfully, although the Grado line are an exception in that their stylus/cantilever are very low mass and they therefore exhibit very good performance on transients, albeit without moving coil colorations.