In the market for a cartridge for Clearaudio Innovation Wood

One of the best cartridges I have heard on a Clearaudio Ovation with their Magnify tonearm and on the AMG V12 is the AMG Teatro moving-coil phono cartridge.

http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/product/amg-teatro/

The Teatro provides great detail, bass and dynamics like very few cartridges in this price range, $2,700. I listened to it for an afternoon and played Witches Brew and Respighi's Pines of Rome as well as Nat King Cole and a group of other vocals. It was outstanding across the board and handily beat out a Benz LPS that they had on the other arm. YMMV but for me it is one of the best cartridges I have heard. My next bonus check will find me the proud owner of one. If you are near NJ you can hear the cartridge at the Audio Connection. Good Luck with your search.

I would also agree with esoteric about the DS Audio cartridge and phono preamp. It's a very special cartridge. I listened to it for an hour or so, though it was on the AMG Viella TT and not on a Clearaudio TT. I didn't recommend it because you said your budget was around $3K. If you can stretch it to $5K the DS Audio is worth a listen.