High Compliance Cartridge With Low/Med Mass Tone Arm


I am using an Art 9xi with a SL 1200G turntable.
Dyn Compliance on the cartridge is 25 after converting from 
the Japanese standard. Tonearm mass with stock headshell is 12 grams.
The stock headshell is the lightest I can find.

Using the Vinyl Engine Cartridge Resonance Evaluator, the 
resonant frequency comes in at the middle of the 7Hz yellow area.

I know this is not Ideal.
Question: what should I be listening for to determine if this is not 
a good match? What negative sound characteristics would be
apparent? 

Thanks for any input.  

 

 

 

ericsch

Showing 1 response by mijostyn

That calculator can be incorrect because there is a lot of variance involved. It is always best to measure the resonance frequency directly with a test record. As @lewm suggests 7 Hz is not all that bad. It is better to be lower than higher. If your cartridge is tracking well and tolerates warps OK then you are fine and I would not worry about it. As the resonance frequency gets too low warps can send the tonearm airborne.