Tonearm ...... Acos Lustre GST-801 ..... Yea/Nay

Dear @elliottbnewcombjr :  The GST-801 is a tonearm balanced design and exist only two balanced tonearm designs that does not " ring like a bell " with the balanced mechanism, the other is the MAX 237/282.

Other balanced tonearm designs as the FR or Ikeda comes with a ringing balanced mechanism ( distortions developed down there. ) because an inapropiated design. So you will be a lucky owner  of that GST-801.

R.

Joe Grado says OK for his Mono Cartridge ME+ with both JVC UA-7045 arm and Acos Lustre GST-801.

"it should work just fine
the compliance of the ME+ is 20cu"

http://www.resfreq.com/resonancecalculator.html 

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how do you compute from 20cu to _____ mu/mN???

rauliruegas9

Testing my skills, especially anti-skating.

I ran test records today,

Stereophile LP ..., Shure V15 torture test LP, ... Denon Demo LP...... I skipped my 4th, whatever it is, it's downstairs.

Anti-Skating test matched my TT dial (I don't trust them) and my ears, that was nice. I'm looking forward to the GST-801's Magnetic force controls.

My Shure 97xe on Audio Technica AT120 arm only hinted at a speck of resonance at 11hz. Tested it with Dynamic Stabilizer in and out, no apparent difference.

Tomorrow I will test the AT440ml, no brush, see how it does.

how do you compute from 20cu to _____ mu/mN???

It's the same
Most important is to know how it was meassured (at 10Hz or at 100Hz)
cu = mu/mn 

Happy New Year Everyone, and thanks again for all your help with this exciting project. 

I will ask Grado what frequency.

I just tested my old AT440ml cartridge. It's wonderful on clean records, toooo noisy on used ones I acquired along the way. 

Maybe I should buy a shibata stylus for my Shure V15Vmx, it has the brush which helps with static, probably why my 97xe with brush is quieter on older LPs.  I'm guessing any Shibata will be the same, wonderful or too noisy.

But first I need to see how these cartridges pass the resonance test with either of my new arms that are coming.

With a digital stylus force guage, rather than Shure's see-saw, it is easy to change head-shells and reset things, and this TT's dinky anti-skate turns out to be accurate.

using these 3 guitars to help evaluate sound, and anti-skate imaging results as well as test records.

https://www.johnmclaughlin.com/1981/09/friday-night-in-san-francisco-1981/

This one is awesome also

https://www.johnmclaughlin.com/1996/09/the-guitar-trio-1996/

As always, go from CD to LP, people choose the LP. Go from SS to tubes, people choose the tubes.