Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You?

Of course, that will lead to what Tonearm?

Origin Live Conqueror, or Enterprise. I had the old Conqueror MkIII and now have Enterprise MkIV. These are awesome arms! Among the many great features are the hard-wired phono leads. I’ve had both and there is no doubt all the extra connections of an interconnect is not good. Also the quality needed at this level costs a small fortune. Whatever you do go with an arm with integral leads.

Please ignore the gnats. Any time you see someone twisting things around or even making stuff up out of whole cloth that is a sure sign of a weak mind and even weaker argument. Ignore them.

The truth is when using a properly designed tone arm then compliance and other cartridge matching becomes moot. Therefore, whenever you see someone stressing the importance of understanding compliance, mass, etc and talking about matching what you do is make note of which arm they are talking about and cross it off your list.

Then if you really want to save a lot of time and effort do the same for the person telling you how absolutely essential these things are. All you have to do is look at my system, read the listener comments, or heck even come and hear for yourself to get it.

The compliance of a tonearm is what it is - even it's a Enterprise MkIV.  It's a basic fact that high compliance cartridges work better in a low mass arm; medium compliance cartridges work best in a medium mass arm;  and low compliance cartridges work best in a high mass arm.  You can change the mass of a tonearm by changing the headshell.  This is EXACTLY why Origin Live offers multiple headshell weights for the  Enterprise MkIV (2,5, and 10 grams).  These options are available specifically for compliance matching.  While some tonearms do a better job than others building in design features that minimize the potential for unwanted resonances due to compliance, no tonearm is immune - including yours MC - just ask Origin Live.

Again, either all vibrations matter or they don't.  Enjoy your cherry picking  and please stop instructing people to ignore what other posters say - we are all free to read and ignore what we choose based solely on the merits of what is being said.   

Just ordered a Houdini
I’ve always been a believer in trying out for yourself.
All this discourse means nothing.

FWIW, I've used a small amount of blue tac between my cartridge & arm for a few years now & enjoy the added clarity that provides. Still clamp the cartridge down with the screws so it is absolutely solid.  

I was wondering about the Houdini @slaw , let us know how that works. I just gut thru putting the funk firm mat on one of my tables. It’s is so good I bought another for my vpi. If the housing is as good at the mat. I’m in.