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effective mass and cartridge compliance

Hi all,
I eventually in a year or so intend to get a new arm and table but for now would just like to get a new cartridge. I have a sumiko LMT tonearm with an effective mass of 9.0 grams. A light weight indeed. It can handle a cartridge from 4.75-10 grams and at present has an Ortofon Kontrapunt a. I have a Thor 3000 phono preamp and Hovland MusicGroove2 phono cable.
I am thinking of the following, Shelter 9000, Orotofon Jubilee, Lyra Skala or Helikon, London Decca Jubilee, or ZYX airy 3xs.
I have been told there would be compliance issues, how would they effect the sound, and system. Would it damage the cartridge. Am I being overly concerned or should I just go ahead and put the cart before the arm/table.
Table is a Sonograph SG-3 by Conrad-Johnson which is actually a modified Sota Comet.
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated.
uru975

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nsgarch
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Well, the arm is a little light for some of your candidates. There is an excellent interactive arm/cartridge matching application right on the www.cartridgedb.com website, however.

What you want is something that will work well now and also in the future -- a cartridge with somewhat higher compliance. That would be any of the van den Huls, and in your price range, the Frog would be the one to get.
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Gee, Uru the cartridgedb website IS down! Let's keep a watch, I hope it comes back ;--)
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