Proteus compared to MSL ultra eminent ex

Edgewear, thanks for the follow up. I am leaning toward the MSL Ultra Eminent...

jperry, thanks for the tip about Ikeda. I'll check them out.

bukanona, thanks also for your comments...why have you limited yourself to cartridges with internal impedance below 3 ohms? Thanks.

arch, low output and low ohms - that is real music on the output for me :) Also it’s not easy to buy suitable SUT which is very important part of music presentation. I have owned 4 before the last one and it was always step forward.

Thanks bukanona. That's very helpful.

Dear @arsh  :  "  Because I find slightly better imaging and soundstage with the lower height setup .  ""

After the LP the cartridge is the source of what you are listening in your system. The recording microphones normally are " seated " at near field where those imaging and soundstage alost does not exist. What you are listening is in reality an artefact created by your room/system.

If for you those listening characteristics are so critical the  you can follow looking for that "   I want a great cartridge " but then you avoiding a lot of higher impedance cartridges that performs even better than some of the low impedance ones like the Allaerts Formula 1 or the Colibri or the GFS  or the Anna diamond and many more to name it here.

Yes, I know that you want to stay with your lower heigth set up so be that way.

Btw, thank's for your answer that I never imagined the " trouble " down there.

R.

Thanks Raul. I don't think I followed all of your comments, but I definitely do get the point that this choice to go with lower impedance cartridges would eliminate  a lot of others from consideration. However for this set up what I want is two excellent cartridges that I can alternate from time to time. I am not the type who is going to buy lots of different cartridges to try every so often. I love my system, it's very stable, and I love the Proteus that I already have. I just want a cartridge that will work regardless of the way I have things set up and make beautiful music without my being distracted by various noise and other problems. I know, that's what everybody wants.