Koetsu black, lacking bass

Mijo
Exactly what I made in varying sizes so to obtain differing weights from some old brass bar stock I had in my workshop.
Cut into slightly different lengths, clean up edges with a file, drill two holes and all set.
And sitting on top of a black headshell they actually look pretty darn good as well as being functional.

Did you change to the Koetsu at the same time as changing the receptacle? 
If so, have you tried your rig on a regular outlet? 

Nice way to do it Uberwaltz. 
As a rule it is always better to by a tonearm on the lighter side as you can always add weight. It is much harder to take it away. It is also helpful if you can match the cartridge to the tone arm. A good reason to have two arms is to have a heavy one and a lighter one. Now with Koetsu's they only use two motors the one with regular Sumerian magnets and the one with platinum magnets. In the black and rosewood they use plain copper wiring. Everything else gets silver plated copper. The platinum magnet motors use to go only in the stone bodied cartridges. Then they have the rosewood signature platinum which I have. Not only is it less expensive than the stone bodied units but it weights 3.5 grams less. It is a much better match for my 4 point 14 which is a heavy arm with an effective mass of 19 gms. A stone bodied unit would push it over the edge dropping the resonance frequency too low. Using the 4 point's damping system might make it work ok. I have never tried it. I do not like to use damping and prefer to match the cartridge to the arm. I should play around with it (the damping) but I have yet to muster the inclination. 

Mijo
Strongly considering an Urushi Gold myself which would likely be my swansong of carts.
Got a few arms to try it with.
Interesting times ahead......

Anyone here know what ’Platinum magnets’ are??? The Somarium Cobalt magnets are less powerful than neodymium magnets ( used in the Lyra’s)...as are just about all other magnet materials!