Arm / Cart compatibility


Arm: old SME 3012, 9.5g effective wt.

Cart: old Cardas Myrtle Heart, 9.1g wt, 15 CU compliance.

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Is this a good marriage ?

By age-old wisdom, this SME needs a "super compliant" cart.
Is 15 CU "super compliant" ?

Table should not matter in this question (should it ?).
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Showing 1 response by fleib

Hi, 9.5g eff mass is not a super light arm. There are a wide range of carts that will work with the arm as far as compliance is concerned. A resonance estimator, allowing 2g for screws, gives a resonance of 9.05Hz - perfectly acceptable.
http://www.vinylengine.com/cartridge_database_tools.php#ResonanceCalculator

But this doesn't address the question if this is really a good combo. I don't know.
Regards,