Dear jarret: Agree with Larryi: if you will move to headphones then it could be better to wait for before cartridge changes.
Btw, seems to me that your priorities are very " sensitive " because before the Kansui you owned the Ortofon A-90 and I assume that you did it for good reasons on quality performance that does not matched your analog source priorities and now the Kansui. Both very good cartridges so maybe the " problem " could be in the phono stage performance that can be different of what you want and if this is the case then headphones or not that unmatched priorities will continue. IMHO I think you need to evaluate where in your system could be a " trouble " about.
regards and enjoy the music,
R.
Btw, seems to me that your priorities are very " sensitive " because before the Kansui you owned the Ortofon A-90 and I assume that you did it for good reasons on quality performance that does not matched your analog source priorities and now the Kansui. Both very good cartridges so maybe the " problem " could be in the phono stage performance that can be different of what you want and if this is the case then headphones or not that unmatched priorities will continue. IMHO I think you need to evaluate where in your system could be a " trouble " about.
regards and enjoy the music,
R.