Tonearm/Cart Matching Assistance - SAEC 407/23

Dear @harpo75 : The 205CMK4 is a superb quality level performer ( I owned. ) its compliance at 10hz ( not 100hz as japanese specified. ) is around 19cu that made it a border high compliance cartridge.

In those times I owned around 20 tonearms ( mainly japanese ) 3 SAEC in between and were not good enough for the Technics top MM/MC cartridges even with out the beautiful made and way resonant ceramic headshell.

Btw, Dr. Sa Win said in his operation manual, well in reality you can read as an Alert: please don't mount the cartridge in knife bearing tonearms and the SAEC is double knife. I owned the Sao Win LOMC cartridge, very good too but not in the SAEC.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTOTIONS,

R.

@harpo75  : It's really weird SAEC tonearms ( at least the 407/506/8000 ) that were made with an exceptional quality building levels choosed knife bearing, unfortunated for say the least.

R.

Very interesting!   I had never heard this.  I’ll have to research that. 
Hoping the Stanton Epoch II HZ7S cartridge performs well in the 407/TM.  

So I’ve been looking for information on this Dr. Sa Win and the manual you speak of.  I am not able to find anything on Dr. Sa Win or what you speak of about knife edge chatter.  Could you refer me to this information please.  I’ve also never heard of the Saec arms having any issue like this.  Thanks!

Try looking up Sao win cartridge or take Raul‘s Word for it. He knows where of he speaks.