I have seriously considered buying a Miyajima Zero Mono for my 1200GAE (functional equivalent to the G). Soundsmith makes a set of mounting hardware that you can buy from Music Direct (among others) that would allow adding weight to the headshell. I am confident that this cartridge would work fine in this arm. My hesitancy is simply the high price of the Zero Mono, not that it could not be made to work.
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I have Miyajima stereo cartridge Kansui and i would never use it on Technics tonearm. This cartridge must be used on high mass tonearms like Ikeda or Fidelity-Research. The mass of those heavy tonearm are 3 times as much compared to Technics tonearm. |
I have a new miyajima premium BE that will go nicely on my Ikeda tonearm. Not for awhile though as I have other cartridges to try first. I heard it at a friends many times playing on his Fidelity Research fr64s. It sounded really great on that arm. Is mono new to you? Your going to really like it. It’s amazing hearing average sounding records with noisy ticks and pops come to life with the noise very diminished. |
Still undecided about the Miyajima cartridge as I haven't heard of anyone else using one on my table. Two dealers told me that thought it would be fine but from past experiences I have learned to be cautious. I really appreciate all the comments though!@chakster Your idea about a heavier headshell and counterweight was what i thought might make it possible but obviously a heavier arm would be ideal.@billstevenson You were one of the people who inspired me to buy the table in the first place as we seem to have similar tastes in older recordings, etc. I also took your suggestion from another thread here and bought the Audio Sensibility Statement OCC phono cords awhile back. A noticeable improvement over the Zu cables they replaced.@sdrsdrsdr I have thousands of mono records in my collection so the mono thing is not new to me. I am just trying to raise my game as I want to start recording things digitally later this year. (If I live that long!) |
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