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@islandmandan 

That's great to hear. FYI the Dynavector Cartridges prevalent at the time of the 501/507 series launch were medium compliance.

You can get more performance  from your 501 by fine tuning the position of the rear counterweight.

If you take off the anti-skate, lift the cartridge ( or remove platter ) try blowing on the arm. When the rear counterweight is at its optimum you should be able to move the arm back and forth by gently blowing on its side. When you see this you start to understand the rationale behind the arms split inertia design. Effectively when properly set up the arm floats in the horizontal domain. 

Dover, thanks for that tip. I’ve got two 505s and a mint 501. The owners manual is a bit vague on positioning that rear mounted puck shaped counter weight.

I have used a SHURE V15VxMR on my Technics deck with the stock arm to very good effect. That cartridge, with the original beryllium cantilever, is unequivocally great. Too bad MMs are lost to many "audiophiles." Not fashionable I guess.

Great dynamics, good timbre, excellent tracking. It delivers a strong convincing meat-on-the-bones picture. A very enjoyable cartridge.

Dover I'll try that next time I fire up my Garrard.

Thanks for the tip!

Regards,

Dan

@islandmandan 

@lewm 

For Dynvector arms use the markings for the counterweight as per the manual for initial placement then do the fine tuning of the counterweight from there - gently back and forth from there - you'll see when its right from my procedure above.