Seeking arm suggestions for a Grace F9R

I don’t think you can rely on the original Grace spec for compliance of the Soundsmith OCL Ruby suspension. Best to ask Peter Lederman. Its highish 1.8gm tracking force suggests a lower compliance than a stock Ruby.

I have an F9 body with the Soundsmith OCL stylus assembly. It’s up there with the best of the vintage MM/MI. It has worked well with a lightweight Trans-Fi Terminator, a Micro Seiki 808X(or the more generally available 505) and a SME 3012R(with one-half of it’s split counterweight removed to lighten mass). I haven’t yet tried it with a light pivot arm-- maybe one of these days my Signet XK-50 or EPA-100.

@rodman99999

The $500 Soundsmith OCL Ruby is a turnkey, new-production assembly comprised of Soundsmith’s aluminum stylus holder extrusion, Soundsmith’s suspension, Soundsmith’s ruby cantilever, and Soundsmith’s OCL diamond. It is not a retip or a rebuild. Its compliance, whatever it happens to be, is untethered from the Grace originals.

@robbiesd  I checked the original box for my Soundsmith OCL Ruby.  It's marked 1.5gm minimum VTF.  You might try that or higher VTF.  Mine was early production.  If yours specifies 1.3gm, perhaps Peter made a running change to the suspension.