Looking for help with a Vintage Black Widow arm.

Dear Peter: here you can find almost all the unformation you need: http://www.vinylengine.com/library/infinity/black-widow.shtml

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

I'm sorry, I read in wrong way and what you want is other tonearm owners opinion.

Raul.

Raul,

You have many tonearm opinions (as do I), and the can that I open is about throwing out pre-conceptions about compliance matching arm mass to cartridges. I have had several very high mass arms (Walker), Dynavector 505, etc that do not track lower compliance cartridges as well as ultra low mass designs such as SME 3009, Mayware Formula 4, Black Widow. The oldskool thread got me thinking about the passions several posters have for these (I always assumed, ordinary) old Japanese arms. I believe that low mass arms are magical as well. I would like to hear from other brave souls who use ultra low mass arms.
Are there others like me?

Peter

Breuninger,
I am currently running a CF Black Widow with a AT150mlx on my TD-124 and couldn't be happier. I don't have a lot to compare it to, but I like this combo better than an SME 3009 series II improved with an Ortofon Black that I also own. I like the BW with the AT150 so much that I bought another AT150 and a replacement stylus just before the price increase several months ago. I wanted to be sure to have it for a while. Both of these would be high compliance cartridges. I have also tried the Ortofon Black in an Audio Dynamics LMF2, a relatively low mass carbon fiber arm (8G), and still prefer the ultra low mass Black Widow with the AT cart. With a somewhat limited budget, I think it makes sense to try items that can be mixed and matched. That way I can try all combinations. With some items from opposite ends of the spectrum, swapping out cartridges is less likely to be a viable alternative. It is interesting that you have had some success with lower compliance cartridges with this arm. Have you tried any MC carts?