Excuse me chakster. The top 4 cartridges in the Dynavetor line have a compliance of 10 um/mN. That is most definitely at the low end of the scale. Better with heavier arms.
It’s a common mistake @mijostyn
Japanese manufacturers measure dynamic compliance at 100Hz, not 10Hz as you expect!
Dynavector is not a low compliance cartridge, to convert compliance from 100Hz (Japanese system) to 10Hz you have to multiply it on 1.7 at least.
It’s been discussed before on another forum:
"On to the information contained in the response from Dynavector, 100 Hz is not the normal 10 Hz used for compliance testing and there are notations about this on the cartridge database indicating that the compliance might be as much as twice as high at the normal 10 Hz test frequency."
I own Dynavector cartridges.
What I have now is 17D2 mkII (dynamic compliance 15 @ 100Hz)
BUT at 10Hz it’s nearly 26 cu and this is definitely not a low compliance, you know that Grado MI is 30cu and it’s high compliance.
For this reason you can see Dynavector KARAT on Well Tempered Lab tonearms.
@zavato V15’s and Infinity black widows
Not the best cartridge and average lightmass tonearm (fragile).
Denon DA-401 tonearm is much better, as for the cartridges you can try low impedance (low output) MM like Pickering XLZ-7500 designed for MC phono stage (or MM phono stage with high gain), or even with SUT or Headamp. Spectacular cartridge with user replaceable Stereohedron stylus, the best model (top of the line, expensive). Low impedance MM are unique. Expert stylus in UK can service them.
Regarding some very nice MM look for SONY
XL-50 with
Boron Pipe cantilever, this is a high compliance cartridge. Jico replacement available for this model, but original is superior.
