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Kiseki, Supex on a present day tone arm?

I am looking to move into MC territories, but given the stanbard MM phono stage I'm looking for a good affordable high output MC element.

A few cartridges have caught my attention, first off all the Goldring Eroica H; but also a bit more exotic elements like the Supex SD-901 & the Kiseki Mission 773.

Does anybody know if the Kiseki and Supex elements can be mounted on any current tone arm like Rega, SME and Clearaudio?
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genghis6400
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@nandric I currently am in possession of a mint condition Kiseki Blue Goldspot that I’m planning to mount with the the Kiseki arm. My Blue Goldspot is the original and not of the modern stock. I have written to Kiseki in regards to the tonearm and awaiting their reply.
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nandric
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@genghis6400 , Congratulation; Kiseki Gold spot is the latest

and the best Kiseki. Recognizable on the 5 screw threads on both

sides and gold spot on its front side.  The ''modern stock'' is a fake

 Gold spot. Actually the Blue which was the first version of the LOMC

 Kiseki. I own 5 Kiseki's 3 of them the Gold spot. I hope you wrote

to Durob in Holland because there is no such thing as an address for

Kiseki. What you need is the distance between the spindle and the

pivot. Aka the ''effective length'' for the stylus. By moving the cart on

its headshel you can adjust this length easily.

genghis6400
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@nandric I wrote to Durob about the Kiseki Gold tonearm but have not heard back from him yet. Hopefully he will reply sooner than later. In the mean time I'm enjoying the music from the KGS mounted to a Fidelity Research FR-64s. 
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nandric
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@genghis6400 , ''Durob audio'' is an HIFI shop in Holland also

owned by Van den Dungen (www.durob.nl)  .  I assume that Van

 den Dungen  ordered ''his'' Kiseki gold arm as match for his Kiseki

Blue series cartridges. Interesting to see that you ask questions

 about Kiseki's but use FR-64s with KGS. I can't blame you because

 I use my FR-64 S with all my carts (grin)

genghis6400
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Hello @nandric So I got a reply from Van Den Dungen with the specs of the Kiseki Gold tonearm. Effective Length is 229 mm and an Offset Angle of 24.1 degree. After checking with VE calculator it came out that P2S is set at 211 mm with overhang of 18 mm. This the same specs as Audioquest Tonearms. Yahoooooo!!!
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