Headshell suggestion for my Pioneer PL600 (dir drive)?

Again for Magnesium.

The AT MS-6 (6gr - No Azimuth Adj' ) AT MS-8 (8gr - Azimuth Adjustment )

If Magnesium is the material to be selected, and a little lighter weight is desirable the Audio Technica MS-9, MS-10 and MS-11 are able to be found for approx' 50-70% cheaper then the Zupreme.

All AT Models along with the Zupreme will offer Azimuth adjustment. 

I use TechniHard as a TT's Platter Mat and really like the sonic it produces.

It has creates the perception of a Tonal Richness, when compared to a Gum Metal Tenuto Mat.

I have settled on 9gr - 10gr Magnesium.

If I were happy to go a little heavier the Audio Technica AT-LH13/OCC.

Produced from TechniHard which is AT’s version of a composite metal known as (Duralumin). Duralumin is known for the properties of managing transferred energies, it is sought for use in place of many other metal composites.

I am lead to believe the Anodised Coating is a Diamond Like Coating, that has improved properties, due the hardness on the surface for dissipating transferred energy.

The Signal Path is well thought out too, as it offers PC OCC Pins to be connected to.

Purchase some PC Triple C Tag Wires and the assembly in use, to support the Cart’s Mechanical and Electrical Interface is a good place to start, most likely a Keeper, when this Headshell Weight is usable.

The joy of a removable Headshell is that the preparation for mounting the Cart' can be put in place that is less precarious than the same operation on a fixed Headshell.

I've been demonstrated on two different occasions, Panzerholz Headshells of two different designs on two different TA's, using the same TT>Cart in the same system.

Each TA substantially changed their sonic using the P'holz.

The Prototype TA, with a P'holz HS added in place of the earlier used HS material improved in way that is describable as night/day.

It won't be long before the awaited TA comparisons are to commence, I have been discussing the timeline for the opportunity to create this, earlier today with the TA's designer/builder.

I have some side ideas for this experience, that will be included in host of demo's  that will most likely be done across a few sessions.

As a side idea, and one already voiced, I will be able to experience two identical TA's (my own one and my friends), used on the Dual Arm TT that has been made for this period of demo's. Where one will have a Magnesium HS and the other a P'holz HS, with similar usage hours on the Identical Model Cart's to be mounted.

I recently became an owner of a P'holz HS that was produced for me, but due to packing the Vinyl Source away, have not used it in my own set up.  

I have been demonstrated P'holz Plinths up to 32mm in thickness.

I have my own one at 25mm.

P'holz excels in Transparency not Colour, every use I have now encountered it used for,  it gathers the presentation enabling improved resolution and showing details, dynamics and a note/vocal envelope, that is robbed of the presence through the use of other materials.

My Case for my Pre-Amp that is being built is being produced from Permali.

The SS Phon' I am in discussion about at the present will also have a Permali case.

I have really come to like the perception of transparency that can be produced  through creating mechanical interfaces with P'holz.

The use of it has superseded many of my other other set ups, and I feel confident when the system is up and running, the use of the Densified Woods will be extended further.

I can return to perceived colour at any time, as I have a selection of tricks learned over the passed years working with structures and audio devices to add a hue or dab of colour when it is desired, Blues listened to without Colour is not the Blues I learned to love.