@neonknight Can we get a concensous of which version this is?
The one in this image is the cartridge I have.
Are we talking an original series 9 or the Kawami?
https://conchan1.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/mi-last.jpeg
The cartridge in the photo is the Ikeda Kiwami. As I said above I own one.
I have given you the information required
Recommended tracking - 2.0 - 2.5g
Compliance 6cm *100(-6)/dyne
As far as I can see I am the only participant in this thread that actually owns the cartridge you speak of. I purchased mine brand new - I have all the original paperwork and manual. I have actually had several of the Ikeda 9** ( 80’s cantileverless version ) and set them on many arms.
I have previously set up the Well Tempered combo ( with 2 cantileverless Ikeda's on it ) for a customer and set up the Audiomods tonearm on my Platine Verdier that I sold off a couple of years ago. Neither of these arms is up to the job, even adding mass to the Audiomods wont do it, despite the Audiomods being a bit of a giant killer for the money. As I have already told you the Kiwami is much more difficult to set up than the other Ikedas mentioned in this thread, it is a brute of a cartridge.
If you want to chase down rabbit holes by taking advice from folk who dont even own the cartridge in question ( many of the statements on this thread are not only guesses, they are wrong ) - then I’m out.