My Sonic Lab Signature Platinum

I had an ART-1000 and it was a very competent high end cartridge with a very cool/interesting implementation. I found it to lie between my Transfiguraton Proteus and Ortofon Anna (neutral to rich) which meant I couldn’t justify keeping it.
Later I got a Koetsu Onyx which replaced my Proteus.
I now have a Hana Umami Red, which I like a lot. It is more dynamic and detailed than my Anna and I decided to let it replace the Koetsu Onyx that I liked a lot.
Interestingly, the Umami Red had the "crudest" diamond mount, even compared to the awesome value for money AT ART-9. Perhaps that blob of epoxy is what makes the Red sound so good?

So now, I only have Anna - Cadenza Black Mono - Umami Red which I use interchangeably. If a record sounds too cool, I’ll use the Anna, too warm, the Red.

@audioquest4life,The impressions were broad and personal and may not work for someone else.  The price of modern phono cartridges has little relation to the cost of the design elements once you get above about 3K. The Umami at 4K is not cheap in absolute terms.

I kinda detailed my impressions of the physical stylus characteristics of the Umami which didn't impress me, but didn't result in a bad performance either.  Nice diamond and cantilever, but  crude mounting.  As I wrote earlier, who knows? Maybe the mounting method is why it sounds good.

Try it.