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MM Cart or MC Cart with a SUT?

I'm planning to upgrade my Shindo Aurieges L to an Aurieges MM, which has a built in MM amp. I currently have a Pro-ject 9.1 with a Dynavector 20XL. I love the Shindo sound and I'm not stuck on the Project/Dyna combo so I'm willing to change my analog rig if neccesary. My goal is musicality but with detail.

The question is will I be better off using (A) a MM cart with the MM phono stage eg a 2M Black or Clearaudio Virtuoso, or (B) a HO MC cart with the MM stage eg. a Benz Glider or (C) getting a SUT and using a LO MC cart? The pros of (A) and (B) are less money and have less parts interfering with the signal path. (C) requires the purchase of a SUT and introducing a new component into the chain, but I think there are a lot more choices in good LO MC carts out there.
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clio09
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Based on my own recent experience I'd vote for A. I've been down the C path. First with a Hagerman Trumpet, K&K Audio SUT, and Benz L2. Then with the K&K SE (uses internal SUT) and Dynavector 20XL. Both were very good in my system. However, even though my Rowland Capri preamp has MM/MC options with no SUT, I'm been using a B&O MMC2 with surprisingly great results.

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