'By age-old wisdom, this SME needs super compliant cart'? You are probable confusing 3012 with 3009. The 3012 was/is used with the 'old SPU' carts. Then 'the old Cardas Myrtle Heart' is probable the Benz Ruby 3 first version. To my mind no problem with either separate nor togheter.
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,
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