I'm trying to find the heaviest headshell out there to use with my SME M2-12R. So far the winner is the $300 Ikeda Titanium which is 20g. Any suggestions?
I am using an Ortofon LH 9000 headshell with my Koetsu Urushi. The headshell weighs 18 g. But it costs a lot less than $300. To that you could always add more weight by various methods as you know. Your cartridge must be remarkably low in compliance.
I went ahead and bought a Yamamoto that's 18.4 for a good price and the brass screws that soundsmith sells. I also saw a sme headshell spacer/weight on ebay that I ordered. Hopefully that'll get me heavy enough to use the extra SME counterweight. Highest mass possible is best for this cartridge.
I remember the earlier Decca cartridges, the 4R and SC4E. They were big, heavy, and noncompliant. It is hard to imagine that those didn’t gouge the grooves, but they had a devoted following. I still own an SC4E, which I would not think of actually using.
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