Figuring Cartridge Compliance.. Help!


The cartridge compliance stated for a Denon DL-103 is stated as 5x10-6 cm/dyne at 100hz. The value I am getting is not working in the resonance frequency calculator. 
coachpoconnor

Showing 6 responses by chakster

Surely it does not work, because you need a compliance figure at 10Hz  (not at 100Hz). But don’t worry, to convert it simply multiply on 1.7

Your cartridge dynamic compliance is about 8.5 cu @ 10Hz

P.S. If you like low compliance cartridges and heavy tonearms then do yourself a favor look for Fidelity-Research cartridges and arms instead of that oldschool Denon with awful conical tip. 

FR cartridges have Contact Line "Vital" diamonds like this one on PMC-3 (Air Core Coil). 


And if you really want to measure an exact cartridge/tonearm resonance practically (not theoretically) you need a Hi-Fi News Test LP 
Here is all the math:

https://www.ortofon.com/support/support-hifi/resonance-frequency

But with the TEST LP you will have both (printed method on the sleeve to calculate manually and the "real" method to see the resonance by your own eyes by playin test record). 
All he needs is the test record which will account for any wear and inaccuracies that the math won’t account for.

exactly, i have no idea why people prefer to make questinable calculation on paper if they don’t even know where to start, because their cartridge compliance stated at 100Hz (not at 10Hz) which will make all the caltulation way off.

Insted they can buy a Test Record to play B2 and B2 tracks and actually watch the arm and cartridge shaking together at the certain range of resonance frequency. This is practical solution, not a theoretical math on paper.

But for the orthodox there is a theoretical aspect printed right on the record sleeve. 


@coachpoconnor instead of payin’ that much for a piece of plastic called MINTLP you’d better check Dr.Feickert protractor, it will give you far more for any turntable and any tonearm or any size, also you will get all 3 alignment methods to choose (it’s up to you which one you want to try). This is made in Germany, it’s metal, you will have precise pivot to spindle ruler. Ones you will buy this protractor you will never have to buy anything else, no matter which arm or turntable you will be using in the future. This is a much better investment. A great tool! And it’s German quality. Look for used sample if you want to pay less.

And by the way:
the Test Record i have recommended to you earlier (many times) comes with NICE AND FREE PROTRACTOR. So with this Hi-Fi Test Records you can not only measure your cartridge/tonearm resonance freq. but you can also align your cartridge with protractor that you will find inside. All these for $40 and you need anything else ?
Why don’t you just buy all in one:
cheap way under $40: Hi-Fi test LP with printed protractor inside, an actual test record to make your setup perfect and to avoid mistakes, read bit about this record here. Every newbie need this (first of all).

a high-end tool (if you have money for it): Dr.Feickert Protractor

you need nothing else, you don’t need a mirror