What cartridges would best sound an Ekos arm?

Certainly I see no LP12 in the stack. :)

Dear Misskuma: I don't understand what you mean or try to imply when you refer to LP12.

A tonearm and a cartridge ( any combination. ) IMHO are not two audio items but only one. How it performs depend 80%+ on its intimate relationship.

From this point of view the LP12 is a decent TT but certainly not the best or one of the top TT's out there, any one of the TT's I own ( DD and BD designs. ) IMHO outperform a LP12 ( I was a LP12 owner years ago and sold it because I needed to " keep walking ". ).

Your post seems to imply that " after LP12 " there are nothing more/else and this is absolutely untrue.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Raul,

Turntable choice is a personal one in that I doubt noone can claim what's best for everybody.

I don't claim the Sondek is the best. But the OPs deck, if it's set up correctly, the Akiva should sound right to the EKOS. ( even if it's not my choice )

And certainly I can't say the Akiva is the best cartridge for the price but it was designed to go with the very arm the OP has. Which makes it a natural partner and ensure the compatibility. Same goes for the Troika mentioned earlier. ( altho, the voicing would vary depending on retipper )

There are many many cartridges available for every price point, but it seems it's a logical place to start with the one is intended for the deck and the arm.