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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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@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. 

Hi-Fi News Test LP is what you need.
anthonya OP
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cracked ruby I don't have choice.

ok I'll keep ploughing
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mijostyn
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Back in the day many high compliance cartridges were spec't to track at 0.75 gm to 1.5 gm. Record wear was more of a problem with the styli they had back then. 
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rauliruegas
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Dear @anthonya :  ""  even for sme2 we noticed similar issues ""

as I posted those cartridges needs to be fixed, both are in bad condition.  Do it a favor and dont's play more LPs with those cartridges because you are making an irreversible damages to it.

Both cartridges are very good performers when in good condition unfortunatelly you have a very untrusty sellers.

Btw, who told you that that silicon for the tonearm bearing is really an up-grade?

R.
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