I’ve had a Glider and an MP500 on the same deck. As good as the MP500 was, and it’s really good, the best MM I’ve had in fact, it was not anything like in the same league as the Glider.
Are Benz Micro cartridges still being made?
Benz Micro phono cartridges have been in production since the 1980s, earning a reputation throughout the world as one the top brands in the field. Ernst Benz, founder and designer of the original Benz-Micro cartridges, retired in 1994 and sold the cartridge production operation to Albert Lukaschek, his close associate and designer of the Benz-Micro PP-1 phono stage. In 2000, Albert relocated and modernized the factory, employed a highly-skilled workforce, introduced many new models, and expanded OEM cartridge manufacturing.
If you want to go MM then why not one of the more exotic AT profiles, or a left field choice might be a Shure cartridge with Jico SAS stylus - I'm mightily impressed with mine and I've subbed out a Hana SL so there is scope for a critical analysis; still impressed.
What appears to be the most authorative account that I could find, from the MCRU website -