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compliance

I noticed something quite interesting as I acquired more collections of tonearm and carts 

talking about medium compliance first. at tracking force 1.75 to 2.0 carts line contacts  easily tracks and do any condition vinyl without igd. slightly less detailed. 

high compliance 1.25g  to 1.5g line contact gets picky with the quality of vinyl. but when it's great vinyl condition it's great. or it will distort or sometimes mistrack. Epa100 tonearm. 

what do you think. or did I miss something in the high compliance? 
anthonya
anthonya OP
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I'm talking poor condition vinyl here
say technics 205
keegiam
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1.25 to 1.5 sounds light to me.  What cartridge is it, and what is the recommended tracking force?
anthonya OP
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epc 205 1.25g
p25md 1.25g



anthonya OP
126 posts
 
@chakster  yes I am repairing my Epa100 now and upgraded to silicon bearing. hope it helps

but in general even for sme2 we noticed similar issues 

the vinyl quality tends to be more picky. anything I should watch for to improve? 
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chakster
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Why? I wouldn’t touch Technics original rubby ball bearings! 

But Technics cartridges almost always have suspension issue, you need a better cartridge for sure. 

Tracking force at 1g - 1.75 g grange is typical for all those vintage MM.

Vintage vinyl from that era is better than new (if condition is fine), not sure why you blame vinyl condition, you must have some mint- copies to check. 

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