Benz Ace vs Ortofon Rondo


Has anybody listened to the two? Any differences? Which would work better on a CF tonearm of a Project 5.1 TT.
New to this "sport" and would appreciate any help!
Thanks.
-assad
jarraa

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Hi Bumboola and others,
Thanks for your responses! I have probably played the TT about a 100 hours or so now. Listen to it quite a bit. What got me in the market to upgrade the cart was that I want to get a phono amp. I was thinking the GSP reflex C (or M). I thought for a newbie it would be easier to go with MC cartridges (I already have noise in my system and trying to take it out!). So I figured I would need a cart to go along with it (as the N.2 is a high output MC).
As for the No.2 sound ...well the sound does not move me as much (musicality). It lacks a soundstage (keep in mind that I am a newbie and not sure what I may be talking about) at lower volumes and when I increase the volume, it looses part of the crisp feeling of an instrument.

Strangely I liked it's sound at the 40th hour mark and now the same records seem to sound a little lifeless 60 or so hours later.

Any thoughts/help is much appreciated! Thanks