Other tested arm/cartridge combination was and is the MAX-237 with the J removable headshell wand. Exceptional.
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High Performance Low Mass Tone Arm Suggestions Needed
The turntable that is the repository for this arm is my SOTA Cosmos Eclipse, so that means we are talking 9 to 10.5 inch arms. The cartridge to be used is an Ortofon MC2000, it weighs 11 grams so a substantial counterweight is needed.
Looking for my highest quality options to make this combo work. Absolutely love this cartridge, so it is to be my long term reference, which is why I am willing to invest the time and money to find the best pairing.
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Alternative Dynavectors that work on your SOTA would include DV501, 507, and 507 mkII. Or any tonearm with effective mass less than 12 or so g, based on my experience with the Triplanar. Going from the theoretical optimum of 5g to 10g would only decrease resonant frequency by 20% or so. That’s one reason it works. Another is that one doesn’t know the actual compliance of a representative sample of any particular cartridge, let alone one that may now be 30 years old. |
@neonknight : I owned this Audio Technica tonearm and is with extremely high quality performsnce and came with 2 arm wands: the straigth by default and the other a S shaped removable headshel.
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Before I do anything I decided to see if my Dynavector arm could accommodate the second MC2000 I have that has been retipped. The OEM will play on the arm with a Supex SL2 headshell which is 7.2 grams. I just ordered a Denon PCL5 headshell which weighs 5.6 grams. Perhaps the reduction in mass is significant to work with the retipped MC2000. If not I have another candidate to put the OEM one onto. We will see how it works out. |
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