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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.
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nsgarch
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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
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Also this for additional information:

http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/tonearmcartridge.html
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rauliruegas
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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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uru975 OP
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Thank you for your help.

Nsgarach, thank you for the recommendation of the Frog, it seems to fit for what I am looking for for now. It will also allow me to keep this arm and get a new arm/cartridge combo for the next turntable and still be an excellent fit. Thanks. I have been unable to access that website, this was not the case sometime earlier, so is it still up or is it me?

Stevecham, Thanks for their how to sites, a guy can learn a lot much appreciated.

Rauliruegas, I like the thought, the Jubilee was the one I was most likely to come down on had the Frog not been mentioned. I am now deciding between them.

Much thanks to all it has helped narrow my thinking while expanding my view
Regards Michael
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Gee, Uru the cartridgedb website IS down! Let's keep a watch, I hope it comes back ;--)
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