Kaput: I agree with Jim. The Dp 6 runs exellent with out damping. It's an exellent, too, tonearm and is in the same league that others tonearms like Graham or Triplanar. This tonearm has a very good design ( japanese Highphonic design ) and very good execution of that design. The company is a low profile company and don't put money trough magazines like TAS or Stereophile, that's why it's not a famous tonearm. You can use any cartridge, that's why has differents arm wands with different effective mass: this permit a ideal match between the tonearm/cartridge combo.
Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.