Brinkmann and Koetsu?

The Zesto is excellent, i have heard it with a SOTA, SME and a Koetsu Rosewood. An Etna makes a good combo w Zesto. Etna likely my next cart. The Nova II in battery mode is very very neutral. I had a III before the Herron. Hopefully you are enjoying the musical journey :-) Jim

I would think that the Brinkmann SL tonearm would have too low vertical effective mass for Koetsu but inertia in the horizontal plane is high with SL tonearms, so perhaps you'd be ok. I love my Triplanar but it was not a good match with Koetsu Urushi which sounds much better in a higher mass (pivoted) tonearm.

Thanks Jim.....I AM having enjoying the journey!  Interesting watching my tastes change over the years as the system changes from rock to now mostly jazz and classical....VERY cool:-)

Interesting watching my tastes change over the years as the system changes from rock to now mostly jazz

Me too. I have found that the better the system, the more varied the types of music you'll listen to. 

My tastes changed from Rock (60's - 70's to Jazz ('80s - to present), added classical (in 80's), then   Electronic in 90's, World in 90's , blues, then that in between. Now with Qobuz virtually everything.