It's not correct to equate the sound of cartridges based on similarity of type. Empires sound quite different to Stanterings, just as ADCs sound different to these and Grados sound different to all of them.
It's also not correct to say that someone won't like something, anything, just because it's in some way different to another thing that they do like. You're free to say that you don't like something, but not that someone else won't.
John
True, I mostly listen to my Acutex M312 STR and my EVO III Soundsmith re tip. Yesterday I brought my amp testing Philips 877 TT up from the shop to try in my daily listening rig
which sports SOTO Sapphire TT. On the 877 I have a Shure M 44G I got cheap at Guitar center just for testing out amps I repair. I put on some familiar music Like Dexter Gordon, The Cars, Oasis, Son Volt and Holy Crap I like the sound of that inexpensive Shure.
So yes you cant tell people they wont like the sound of something just cause you assume one tech they like is all they may like.
Athanasios