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So I bought the paratrace stylus for the AT95 mentioned further up the page. Definitely improves on the standard stylus as you'd expect. Not sure if I have my cartridge loading right for the AT95 at the moment but the cart itself needs a fairly severe eq to get close to neutral. Without the EQ you've got a fairly pronounced bass and recessed upper mids. The surface noise drops quite a bit and everything gets more focus.
It's very convincing regarding the importance of the stylus profile, I will probably avoid ellipticals now. It makes the MP-110 seem a bit agricultural although that's still a very musical cart, it just seems to belt the music out with enthusiasm but a little bit rougher in the upper register.