Cartridge for Micro Seiki MAX-237

Dear Rloggie: Congratulations for the Micro TT and for the MAX 237/282.

IMHO this tonearm is one of the best quality build/design tonearm that has very good/high performance.

Each one of its three different arm wands are very good but the S shaped is my favorite due that you really can/could match with almost any cartridge changing diferrent headshells ( headshell: build material, weight, shape, etc, etc ).
From this point of view you can run on it almost any MM/MC cartridge.

From my MM/MC cartridge research I can tell you that I choose ( better yet the MAX 237 match in a better way. ) the Micro ( S shaped ) tonearm in 18 different cartridges over other tonearms. It is dificult to find a MM/MC cartridge where the MAX 237 goes wrong.

Right now I'm enjoying my Van denHul Colibri on it ( my Colibri sample is a very low weight one, only 2.5gr. ). Recomended!!!!

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear Rloogie: +++++ " Max-237 with the s arm to mount on my upcomming... " +++++

This is what you posted and I " follow you ", there is no S shape MS tonearm instead there is the J shaped where all what I posted belongs to it.

yes your headshell is one of the original headshells, over the time MS had two-three different " original " headshells.

The other two arm wands are the sraight ones, one a low effective mass and the other in the high medium effective mass. Now if you find it or not what you need to find out are the different counterweights that could help you ( not only with the other arm wands ) to try different cartridges with different headshells.

Btw, I agree with Radicalsteve about the damping, it is better if you don't use it.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Dear George: The Azymuth subject is a critical factor to achieve the best from any cartridge due that no one stylus cartridge comes in perfect alignment.

I never mount my KRSP on the MS tonearm because I obtain a near stellar quality sound reproduction on the Lustre one where and through the Lustre headshell you can make Azymuth changes.

Try to find a headshell with Azymuth movement and try it with your Koetsu and maybe you could have an improvement.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.