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What Cartridge & Armwand on your Schroder

What is your favorite catridge to use on your Schroder and which armwand (which wood, what effective mass) do you have on your Schroder tonearm? What differences have you discovered between different cartridges? A nice reference to your entire system would help put it all in context.
dgad
dgad OP
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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.
audiofeil
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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.
berlinta
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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
dgad OP
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AudioFeil International

In the Ikeda my resonance is between 9 & 10 Hz.

Frank,

Thank you. The IO-J is too much but the 47Labs-Miyabi is tempting. What does anyone know about the Airtight Cartridge?
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topoxforddoc
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I use an Allaerts MC1b on my original carbon Model 2; I am very happy with this and have other things to spend my money on (such as my wife's Steinway!).
The rest of my system is Platine Verdier, GT Audio Battery PSU for the PV, Tron Meteor tube pre (predecessor of new Tron Syren), Quad IIs and Avantgarde Duos.
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