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effective mass and cartridge compliance

Hi all,
I eventually in a year or so intend to get a new arm and table but for now would just like to get a new cartridge. I have a sumiko LMT tonearm with an effective mass of 9.0 grams. A light weight indeed. It can handle a cartridge from 4.75-10 grams and at present has an Ortofon Kontrapunt a. I have a Thor 3000 phono preamp and Hovland MusicGroove2 phono cable.
I am thinking of the following, Shelter 9000, Orotofon Jubilee, Lyra Skala or Helikon, London Decca Jubilee, or ZYX airy 3xs.
I have been told there would be compliance issues, how would they effect the sound, and system. Would it damage the cartridge. Am I being overly concerned or should I just go ahead and put the cart before the arm/table.
Table is a Sonograph SG-3 by Conrad-Johnson which is actually a modified Sota Comet.
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.
uru975
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nsgarch
2,524 posts
 
Well, the arm is a little light for some of your candidates. There is an excellent interactive arm/cartridge matching application right on the www.cartridgedb.com website, however.

What you want is something that will work well now and also in the future -- a cartridge with somewhat higher compliance. That would be any of the van den Huls, and in your price range, the Frog would be the one to get.
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stevecham
3,340 posts
 
Also this for additional information:

http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/tonearmcartridge.html
rauliruegas
13,125 posts
 
Dear Uru975: My advise is that if you don't have any problem running your Kontrapunkt a and you like the Ortofon sound then you can go for the Jubille that is a higher compliance and can mate better with your LMT. Btw, this is a very fine cartridge that could give you years of pleasure, when you change your TT/tonearm the Jubille will give you even better quality music sound reproduction.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.
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