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Koetsu black, lacking bass

Greetings 
i just installed a new koetsu black cartridge. I love the clarity of this cartridge. I was using a lyra kleos , which is a great cartridge but the clarity of the koetsu black is at another level.
does anyone know if the black cart is light in the bass? It seems to me that  the bass sound of my system has diminished with the koetsu. Is this a break-in characteristic? I should mention that I installed a furutech gtx outlet which is still in the break-in phase. I’m using a clearaudio magnify tonearm with a clearaudio performance tt. My preamp is a McIntosh mp1000 with acoustic zen ic cables. Mcintosh ma252 amplifier, focal aria 948 speakers with transparent super speaker cable. Any insight and knowledge would be helpful and appreciated!
thank you
dpoud

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dpoud OP
Koetsu black, lacking bass, does anyone know if the black cart is light in the bass?
They were never bass light, as they were even better than the Supex SD900/1000 in the bass, and they were considered to be bass masters and almost up there with Decca London Gold’s.

Sorry if I’m repeating someone.
If all your alignments are right and your arm/cartridge mass resonant frequency is correct
Look at your arm height, is it "higher at the back" when playing a record, (arm not parallel to the record) this is a classic bass killer if it is. As your VTA is out the window.

Cheers George
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