What Cartridge & Armwand on your Schroder

I've not tried changing arm wands, and I think most people haven't either. Mine is carbon fibre on a model 2. What I do notice is that carbon fibre is faster, more dynamic than the wood versions. The wood models are more organic and have a more flowing nature to the sound - something like single-ended amps.

Most carts would sound fantastic on the Schroeder, like letting the cart perform at its best.

Hi

I will be trying a Miyabi 47 on a Schreoder DPS in the next week or so. Mine is a Jacaranda wand. I will let you know what I think. I know some Schroeder owners like the Dynavector XV-1s a lot, and another popular cart is the ZXY Universe.
They are all a little expensive but if you have a Schroeder Ref you a prepared to buy carts in this price range.

Paul

I tried the ZYX but it is happier in an arm of much higher mass (Ikeda w. 35 gms), the Shroder Grenadil is 18 gms. I am thinking of something to contrast the ZYX.

The Zyx weighs 5 grams, 9 grams with the silver base. In a tonearm with 35 gram effective mass, on paper this is a horrible mismatch putting the system's resonance under 8hZ. I've owned 3 Zyx cartridges and doubt that any of them would perform optimally in a 35 gram tonearm. As always, however, YMMV.

Hello Dgad,
For your arm, ZYX and Dyna have been mentioned(use the aluminum cart mounting plate) and I would add the Audionote(Kondo)IO-J and the 47Labs-Myabi(not the regular one).
The earlier carbon fiber wand has it's own signature, a brighter character(more pronounced high frequency armwand resonances), quite to the liking of some who's system it might suit better than the less resonant("smoother") character of the wooden armwands.
It is more the treatment of the wooden armwands, not so much the type, that determines the sonic outcome. Damping unwanted armwand rsonances without dulling the sound is the goal.

Cheerio,

Frank