best tonearm for Kondo IO-J cart.

It's a fairly low compliance cart. (10 x 10 to -6cm/dyne) and so would normally require a high effective mass arm. However, since the cartridge itself weighs 11 gms (kind of high-ish, especially when you add the mounting hardware which is about 2 gms.) you could probably get away with a medium mass arm like an SME IV or V or any arm with an effective mass of 10/11 gms. or more.

It also has an EXTREMELY low output. Hope you have the budget for an expensive high gain phono preamp. You weren't thinking of using one of those dreadful (IMO) step up transformers I hope ;--)

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Dear Diamonddude18@aol.com: The Ikeda tonearms will be a very good match.

I agree with Nsgarch: the IO is a great cartridge and is a very very low output, it needs a Phonolinepreamp with a lot of clean gain and with out step-up transformers.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

thanks Nsgarch, the step up im using is the Kondo an-S6cZ which i bought before i even got the cartrige (its pretty damn good). so any chance you know the effective mass of the simon yorke tonearm?
p.s. nice system you have there Nsgarch

Kondo's SFz Step-up is a GREAT match with the IO-j... I've heard this several times and if I had the funds this would be my last combo.

Dear Diamonddude18@aol.com
well take a look at the Kuzma-Airline for the Kondo IO-J
but do use the Kondo-KSL-SFZ Step-Up Transformer,
the Kondo Phono M7 and the Kondo Tonarm wire .
I think music replayed via the Kondo analogue chain is
a thing of subtlety presence and enormous emotional power.

regards Karl-Heinz