The Palladian-A step beyond

So you buy a 10K Palladian cartridge, but you have to fork out another XX$$ to buy cartridge screws that work best with the Palladian. Give me a break.   They should be included - period.  

Henry - you are not making Dietrich look good with this post.

You lost me anyway saying the Palladian sounds similar to a SPU - certainly not something I am looking for in a cartridge.

But hey, that is why everyone likes different things - we all have different systems that enhance some aspects of music to other aspects.

Hi @halcro , I have also made this upgrade and it surprised me how much difference it made. But maybe it should not have given the effects unwanted vibrations not properly dealt with can have at this critical point. I also have been told, "second hand" 😀, that they even made a difference over titanium screws made to less exacting standards.

All the best.

You lost me anyway saying the Palladian sounds similar to a SPU - certainly not something I am looking for in a cartridge.

Didn't know you had a Silver Meister II Shane....?
Or are you saying all SPUs sound alike?

A stop-press announcement from Acoustical Systems :-

The SMARTscrews are indeed a very recent product only and not yet listed in our portfolio as we have just started production this November.We will offer them as a regular product starting in 2017.We gave several samples away to friends and reviewers in late November and early December.
They were not included with the Palladian, as we first want to have extended feedback from various set-ups till be include them with a cartridge.The Palladian was introduced in May 2016 - 6 months before we tested the first SMARTscrews.
The lack of magnetism, the drawing strength, the extremely  high transmission speed of Timet 1100 Titanium do provide an almost ideal material for fixing a phono cartridge in a headshell / tonearm.
We do machine these screws ourselves - you can’t find them anywhere else.

We do machine these screws ourselves - you can’t find them anywhere else.

I'm using titanium screws to mount my cartridge(s) for a while. You can find them quite easily as Grade 2 (pure Titanium, medium solidity) or Grade 5 (alloy Ti6AI4V, high solidity) products. Experimenting with a torque-limiting wrench. 
Much more difficult to get is Grade 4 (pure Titanium, highest solidity, seems to be available for medical application only). But I never found ready to use products (i.g. screws) of Timet 1100 (alloy Ti-6Al-2.7Sn-4Zr-0.4Mo-0.45Si, better solidity than Grade 5). At eBay, for instance, you can buy pre-product stuff only. Thus, in my experience, I take the quoted statement above as true. 

@halcro - Have you ever considered to use the Arché headshell with your beloved FR-66s and the Palladian (or any of your other cartridges, of course)?