Kiseki Blue.....

I own one which still works very well, and I track it at about 1.9 grams. A little less or a little more will depend on the cartridge's interaction with the tonearm. But this cartridge has worked well with every tonearm I've tried it on: very friendly, if very heavy.

Thanks for the info. Rummaging through my stuff I came across this cartridge which I'd put away many years ago. I don't really remember what I thought of it back then, but I guess it could be called decent now days. One thing for sure its not the world's best tracker.

rgds, david

Not the worlds' best tracker? I've always thought of this as the best tracker I've ever had, apart from a Shure V15, latest edition. It likes more mass, and works fine on Rega arms and on air-bearings. What arm are you using it in? I think of it as the Shure of MCs: unfailingly musical, good with rhythm, not bright, and good in the bass. It might need some breaking in, and a drop of Stylast run down the cantilever into the inner workings of the cartridge frees up the suspension (though I don't know what it does to the suspension in the long run) and improves the bass. If you want to sell it, let me know.

I'm using it with a Dynavector 505 arm. Like I mentioned in my original post, I just found this cartridge after many years so it might need to breaking in again. I'm going to reserve judgement for a couple of weeks and see how this one compares to your experience.

In general I don't like the idea of using chemical cleaners on any cartridge. Like you said we have no idea what the chemicals can do to a cartridge's suspension, at the very least it could gunk it up with dust.