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mono vinyl- which way to go?

Thimking of upgrading TT to raven one or two.Raven One (single tonearm) would have a graham phantom arm and dyna xv-1s cart. Raven two( 2 tonearms) would have a graham phantom tonearm with otono-edison miyajima premium mono cart.as well as a lesser tonearm with my existing dyna 20x cart. I listen 90% to mono (primarily 50's jazz) and 10% stereo vinyl. The raven one is a simpler setup but would i get the mono performance out of the xv-1 or am i better with the hybrid setup and a mono cart---cost is about the same. Please weigh in-which way to go?
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dan_ed
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Bwaahhhhaaaahhhhaaa! That was great!

Before you decide on any two arm setup, I suggest extensively auditioning with one arm and then compare with the second arm mounted. However, if you really do listen to 90% mono then why do any stereo at all? There is no real benefit to stereo unless you're just in to mind games like the rest of us.
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