BEST TONEARM FOR HIGH COMPLIANCE MM

Ralph has answered a puzzlement for me. My Unitrac cut one of the ground wires twice, and it couldn't be properly repaired or rebuilt the second time. Magnepan had stopped servicing them and the guy I ended up trying to work with couldn't get the ultra-fine 44 gauge Litz wire. A pity, as it was superb sounding arm. Ended up going with a Graham Phantom to replace it. Awesome but oh, so spendy.

The SME 3009 was a low mass arm from that era of high
compliance cartridges. The Grace 707 was another low mass arm.

Actually most were used on better Sony, Sansui, Pioneer
TT's with good results so it wasn't All that high compliance, not like ADC or Sonus that really needed those skinny arms.

As Al mentioned; I've been a very happy Magnepan Unitrac I
user, since 1981. Actually; I've got two, and narry a hint of
trouble with either. They pop up on eBay(or were) often.
The Grace 707 and Maggie both have the same low mass(7 gm),
while the Infinity was claimed to be 3 gm, at the stylus.
One of the nicer Unitrac attributes is the removable
headshell & plug-in cartridge wiring, which makes it much
easier to swap carts. Neither the Grace or Infinity offer that
convenience. It's really easy to dial in VTA/SRA, on the
fly, as well.

Lets shout!!