I need Hign compliance cartridges


Hi, could you tell me

some not very expensive high compliance cartridges (under 1000-1500 usd) MM and MC.  that suit for heavy tonearms. If you know exact figures please indicate them.

I know only that denon 103 is a high compliance mc cartridge.

 

Thank you very much

 

Serge

serge8

Showing 1 response by mulveling

Koetsu are an excellent example, as mentioned. But their price begins above your range unless you get a used deal. For a new cartridge, the Ortofon Cadenza Red has a nice low compliance (12 @ 10Hz) and works well with higher mass arms. Note that the higher end Ortofons above Cadenza Bronze actually have a higher compliance and are not as well suited to heavy arms. The Cadenza Red, Blue, Bronze models are the ones you want for a heavy arm like Fidelity Research.


Also note that you cannot easily compare Japanese cartridge compliances @100Hz with Euro cartridges @10Hz. In practice, that Ortofon’s compliance of 12 at 10Hz isn’t far off a Japanese 5 (Koetsu) at 100Hz.