Cartridge Advice Please

@dhite71 The Link is one I have read for the first time.

The content will help one to better understand the Design Intent and Materials used for some of the Cart's that are being suggested.

There is also very good descriptions of how Cart's compare from the same stable. There should be enough being discussed, to help with assisting your producing a used MC Cart' Shortlist.  

This individual is one of a very few, who I have followed for quite some time. There experiences attained through using a vast selection of Vinyl Replay Devices is way beyond that of many enthusiasts. It is off interest that I have now learned they have now began to adopt PC Triple C Wire in the Signal Path for the Cart'.

I have been a advocate of PC Triple C Wire used in the Cart's Signal Path for a few years now. This started as Ortofon Tag Wires, which from recollection really impressed and has over time expended to using it as a Signal Wire in Interconnects, Speaker Cables and now it is also being used as a Wire in Power Cables.

I have also been Instrumental in encouraging others to use it, which has resulted in the extended usage, where the Wire is now being used as Wand Wire from Cart' Tags through to RCA Connectors, Internal Hook Up wire on a Phonostage and Internal Cabinet Wire in a Speaker.

At present SAEC is the only Company using the PC Tri[le C wire as a Wand Wire on a Tonearm costing appox' £13000  

My wish is for the Wire to be found in a Cart' Coil and Lead Out Pins, hopefully AT might do this, as they did with OCC Wire.

https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/my-personal-journey-to-my-sonic-lab.30722/

@clearthinker , I have the MC Diamond, the politically correct Anna. It is a very heavy cartridge and huge in comparison to other cartridges. I use it in a Schroder CB with the brass mounting plate and I get a resonance frequency in the 7-8 Hz range. So, it does not need a massive arm. Any of the intermediate mass arms will do.

@mijostyn    OK.  I don't do politically correct, running Krell KRS200s.  Anyway, how can Anna Netrebko, or Ortofon for that matter, be responsible for Putin invading Ukraine, any more than I am responsible for the British slave trade.  And why can we say 'black swan' but not 'blackboard'.  People do talk the most errant nonsense.

The Anna works fine in my Zeta, possibly heavyweight, arm.  I accept it may work well in somewhat lower mass arms although 7Hz is a tad less than ideal.  But my SY Aeroarm is definitely a non-starter:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=simon+yorke+aeroarm&sxsrf=APwXEdfhJCjY3yLdREVHEICpb6OjtmvL9A:1680962753160&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3lKGeupr-AhXREsAKHab4A0gQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&biw=1280&bih=912&dpr=1#imgrc=sgWyv7XixpxyxM 

@dhite71 The Link is Part II of the first Link I added.

It covers a few Cart's recommended above and extends to comparing/discussing the Benz LPS.

https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/comparison-of-some-cartridges-in-the-4k-segment-mkii-etsuro-hana-benz-allnic-kiseki-phasemation.32994/

@clearthinker I'm with you.

No, if you have a well isolated turntable 7 Hz is not too low. Bass performance is improved, noticeably if you use propper subwoofers.