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Fidelity Research cartridges

Any FR cartridge experts out there? Raul? Dertonarm? Syntax?
I have had an FR-7 which I bought a while ago. I tried it ever so briefly when I got it on an arm I now recognize as not being able to handle that weight (close, but no cigar). I just now pulled it out for kicks and after getting it adjusted with the big counterweight, I am VERY pleasantly surprised. Actually, I'm feeling kind of bubbly. It does not dig out the utmost in detail, but it just sounds very right.

Are there any other FR carts out there which are real steals if still in good condition? I know the MC-702 and the FR-1Mk2 and Mk3f by name, with good reps being assigned to the Mk3 and the MC-702. Given that the MC-702 and the FR-7 look quite similar, and they were offered at about the same time, what is different? And is the FR-7 just an integrated headshell version of the FR-1Mk3?
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just to give the former Nandric FR7F cartridge an ongoing history..., this cart is now playing (as part of my collection) on various Micro Seiki turntables, currently fitted into an Fr64s silver arm on a SX 8000 MKII turntable.   The second arm on the turntable is an Ikeda 407. Standard cartridge is the Ikeda 9 TS .
After having used the Ikeda KAI, I stayed with the 9TS to continue my search for the best cart in FR64s or the Ikeda 407.
Today I fitted a Koetsu Onyx Platinum into the Ikeda 407.(Yamamoto Titanium headshell and Titanium screws, Dereneville head shell mat and Ortofon LW 800s head shell wire)
I have to say, this Koetsu Onyx platinum is a really nice one :-)
Looking forward to try it out in the FR64s.
Juergen


phonopre: Kondo M7 / SPZ, Thoeress 
Pre: Air Tight ATE 2001amp: Air Tight ATM 211
speakers: Zingari Client Name Evo 1.5


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