My look at the Benz line, their Ruby Z and Gullwing work well on low mass tonearms.
MC for Low Mass Tonearm
With my table's low mass tonearm I am sad to see only Ortefon and Sumiko MC carts available. Please offer suggestions for other carts/brands that might work with an 8.5gm arm. <$3000.00 budget
My System:
Pro-ject RPM Table / EVO Carbon 10 inch arm 8.5 gm mass and very rigid
Into all Aric Audio front-end: the 'Transend MM phono pre' (12ax7 and 47ohm), '6SN7 Linestage Preamp' and 'Transcend Push-pull' amp into ZU Soul Supreme.
My current carts are MM and MI, Grace F9e and Soundsmith The Voice. Both are hi-compliance (+22cu).
Will I be able to best those with a $3k Moving Coil cartridge? The Voice is really nice!
I'll know that I need to purchase an SUT.
Bent
Showing 3 responses by daveyf
@gakerty I did not recommend the top of the line Benz LPS as it could be mistaken for the MR model, which I think is one of the heaviest cartridges and probably not suitable for a lightweight arm ( albeit, I do think on my WTA Black it would work, due to the arm's suspension design). Not sure if the regular model you use, the LPS, is lighter, I think it may be considerably so...?? |
@gakerty Actually I think the Delos you mention may work well on a low mass tonearm. My Kleos works very well on my WTA 'Black' arm, which is a very low mass design. Tracking is no issue at all. OTOH, on the other thread, J Carr did mention that the extreme bottom end suffers a bit with the Kleos on low mass designs. I can well believe this, but I suspect that this applies to all cartridges on low mass designs. However, the upside to the match up is an absolutely amazing sound stage reproduction, possibly due to the inherent speed of the low mass design ( and of course, the liquid bearing helps). |