technics 1200G tonearm effective mass 12 grams?


After extensive listening, I have come to the conclusion that the effective mass of the 1200G is lower than 12 grams.  As it still sounds great with MC cartridges, I am finding that its happiest with higher compliance MM cartridges of the past.  I cannot get over how good this old Pickering cartridge I have sounds with this arm as if it was made for the arm and table.  Has anyone else thought about this?  I bet that 10 inch arm on the flagship would be amazing with the flagship SP10R or 1000R with MM carts.  You could have the 10 inch technics for MM, the SME 3012 for SPU carts and the Fidelity Research FR64S for the MC carts like Koetsu and you would be set for life. lol.
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Yeah, Technics EPA-100 ('10.5 inch) tonearm was great with its unique counterweight to deal with cartridges with difference compliance. The EPA-100 mkII is the best Technisc ever made. New tonearms does not have that opion for some reason :( 

I cannot get over how good this old Pickering cartridge I have sounds with this arm as if it was made for the arm and table.  Has anyone else thought about this?

If you like it search for Stanton 981 or SC-100 W.O.S. and you'll be on heaven. My choice is CS-100 WOS and i highly recommend Pickering XSV-3000 for anyone with a budget under $400 for amazing MM. And for the budget over $1k the Grace F-14 would be my recommendation of the high compliance MM for the same Technics tonearm. 


P.S. I've been looking for a lighter mass arm and finally bought Denon DA-401 to try, love the design. 

It's not hard to add mass to an arm, if you like that arm in all other respects.
Of course @chakster, I was speaking of how to make the Technics 1200G's arm a better match for the op's low-compliance mc('s), if that's what he might be interested in.