Torture test for a TT rig!


I have less than 200 hours on my Miyajima Shalabi. Triplanar arm, Woodsong Garrard 301.
I am actually hoping that it is a compliance mismatch cart and arm.
Just playing 1812 Overture on the cannons the arm jumped off the record and the sound stopped for an instant!
Sure seems like the cart is not tracking.
At least I now have a torture test!
And I am getting “clipping-like” distortion. Especially on the fuller tones of a singer.
Cartridge/Arm mismatch? Is compliance the only or main issue?
My VTA is right.
mglik
You've confirmed the vertical tracking force (VTF) is correct and the anti-skate is sufficient? It may have also been mechanical from when your speakers / subwoofer reproduced the cannons.

I'm not sure how to interpret "clipping-like distortion" when someone is singing. I suppose it is possible you have the gain set too high on one of your pieces of equipment.
The Shilabe is a very low compliance cartridge.  The Triplanar is considered a "medium" mass tonearm, at 11g.  Yes, your problem certainly could be due to a mismatch of very low compliance with a tonearm of inadequate effective mass.  A cheap and dirty way to confirm that would be simply to add some weight at the headshell of the TP.  A US nickel weighs 5g, I think. (But don't take my word for that; weigh it.)  If adding 5g or even 10g on or near the headshell ameliorates the problem, you have your answer.
The amplitude of 1812 (cannon shots) does not exist in real music, so why do you use it as a test for a low compliance cartridge? Do you expect it to track like 30cu MM?

You can use Hi-Fi News Test LP, but even those last 2 bands are extreme test for cartridge suspension.

Play real music, you can damage your low compliance cartridge testing it on 1812s cannon shots, probably you already damaged it.