Question on FR 66s

Another question, is it worth buying the original FR headshell along with the tonearm, I ask this because the headshell costs about $200 and for that money there are other headshells to consider as well.

Hi Pany, You look like a philosopher: questions for the sake of questions. To many I would think. BTW nobody uses those old and heavy headshells. The price you mentioned is because they are 'original'. Whatever the merits of the 'original' may be they sell well. The most of us use the Orsonic , preferably the AV-101 b or s.

Dear Nandric, while philosophy is one of my favourite topics, the above post was not in that direction though. There is at the moment an FR64s and FR64fx on ebay and the seller is asking additional $200 for the original headshell. I am considering buying one of these hence my questions followed.

Hi Pani, I have both the FR64S and the FR64fx, and in my experience the s is much better. No matter what I did, the fx just sounded boring compared to the s !

BTW nobody uses those old and heavy headshells.

The most of us use the Orsonic , preferably the AV-101 b or s.

Dear Nikola,
Where do you get these 'facts'?
I love the FR3 headshell for my FR-64s and 66s arms. Even the FR5 headshell is a fine one.
The Orsonic AV-101b I found to be the worst headshell I've heard and I quickly sold it.
For every genuine Orsonic headshell on the market......there appear to be 75 bad Chinese copies?
An FR3 headshell can be had for $180 and an FR5 ....slightly less.
Also a good match for the FR tonearms.....if one wishes to lower the effective mass......are the Yamamoto wood shells and the Ortofon 8000 wood headshell.....both of which are cheaper than the FR shells.