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Cartridges for Music Genre’s

I’m wondering if others like certain cartridges with certain musical genre’s. My preferences are follows with my little collection of carts:

Trio and other small group jazz - My Sonic Lab Eminent GL, Air Tight PC-3, Kiseki Purpleheart because they are very extended and have great air and transparency. 
Big band jazz - Koetsu Azule and Benz Ruby 3 because they are tonally pure, articulate in instrument separation and can handle the “bite” of brass without shrillness. 
Violin and/or solo piano - Koetsu and Benz due to stunning realism, timbres, instrumental attack/decays, tonal purity and sound staging, without sounding strident. 
Rock and blues - Kiseki Purpleheart and Aidas Rainbow Malachite for dynamics, frequency extension and drive. 
Vocal jazz and folk - MSL, Koetsu and Airtight for timbral accuracy and imaging, without sibilence. 
I would love to find a one-size-fits-all cartridge out there but I haven’t as of yet. Any other genre specific preferences out there?
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Trio and other small group jazz
Fidelity Research FR-7fc
very extended and have great air and transparency.
Big band jazz
Fidelity Research FR-7fc
Tonally pure, articulate in instrument separation and can handle the “bite” of brass without shrillness.
Violin and/or solo piano
Fidelity Research FR-7fc
stunning realism, timbres, instrumental attack/decays, tonal purity and sound staging, without sounding strident.
Rock and blues
Fidelity Research FR-7fc
dynamics, frequency extension and drive.
Vocal jazz and folk
Fidelity Research FR-7fc
timbral accuracy and imaging, without sibilence.

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