I don't want to sound contrary to opinion from some very rxperienced people on this thread, but wouldn:t an arm in 18-10gm range be better due to several new popular cartridges being low in compliance these days. I know people who are mass loading their arms wirh blue tack in the headshell or a strip on the arm tube to increase effective mass. I have tedted this to positive effect..i also notice Raul recommends many arms with a high effective mass for many of his favorite cartidges. The differences are not subtle and my Ikeda shows its strength matching well with many cartridges while having an effective mass of 35. The XV-1s is a low compliance cartridge.
Best Tonearm for Dynavector XV1s
I'm putting together a new analog front end. Recently picked up a Dynavector XV1s. Had a XV1 a few years back and liked it very much. Used the XV1 with a Graham 2.2 on a Basis Debut V vacuum table.
Which tonearm do you folks think is the best match with the XV1s ?? Haven't made a final decision on table yet, but am focusing on direct drives, most likely new Teres or Grand Prix Audio.
Which tonearm do you folks think is the best match with the XV1s ?? Haven't made a final decision on table yet, but am focusing on direct drives, most likely new Teres or Grand Prix Audio.
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