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Does 21g seem high for effective tonearm mass?

Hi there, I've been looking into these somewhat popular Jeclo tonearms. Actually the 10" liquid dampend unit SA-750e. I've got an email from Jelco and the effective mass is 21grams. Does this not seem shockingly high compared to nearly everything else on the market these days?
I plan to mount a Sumiko Celebration on it but I'm not so sure about the match. It seems this arm may be limited to cartridge choice and that would be too bad.
If anyone can shed some light on this it would be appreciated.
My other options for arms of course would be the Rega/moths, Hadcock and I can get a pretty good deal on a VPI classic arm.
This wasn't supposed to be confusing at all as I was taking a step away from my ET2 and trying to simplify my setup. Now it seems I've opened a can of worms
alun

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dhali777
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I also emailed Jelco yesterday. I am about to buy the Jelco 750E. Their email to me said that the effective mass of the jelco is 13.26 grams.

13.26 Sounds right, 21g seemed a bit high considering the build of the arm.

Here is a cut paste of the email.

Thank you for your inquiry for SA-750E effective mass.
SA-750E effective mass is 13.26gr ( with headshell without cartridge)
Best regards,

Haruo Uchida/sales manager

[JELCO] Ichikawa Jewel Co.,Ltd.
jelco@celery.ocn.ne.jp
市川宝石株式会社
mail@jelco-ichikawa.co.jp
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