I agree that it would be sideways at best. Unless you are trying to overcompensate for another issue, the Bronze and even better Black are more transparent, neutral options, but the ART9 is competitive with all of those.
Knowing many Scout owners, I heard improvements from:
- changing the platform the table is on
- better phono stage
- if balanced phono, changing the junction box at the back of the tonearm to use XLR cabling (big bang for the buck improvement,)
Cheers,
Spencer