Why don’t you ask a technics dealer what they recommend for your TT? Believe me, they have no desire to sell you something you want to send back. In the old days, I used a Denon 103, and it really sounded good to me.
Tonearm/Cartridge pairing.
Hello to everybody.
My turntable’s tonearm has a mass of 15.6 g (cane + head shell). My cartridge weighs 6.9 g. If I calculate the effective mass of the tonearm the way the maker did (arm’s mass with head shell + cart + tracking force) I get a global 24.5 g mass. The arm + shell mass is 15.5 (15.6 actually); the head shell weighs 10.1g.
My cartridge’s static compliance is rated 20mm/N (I ignore whether it’s @10Hz or 100Hz).
Will someone more experienced than I am please tell me if the cart and the tonearm are suited to each other statically? My cart (Goldring E3) did fine on a friend’s turntable (rega P2) but seems a little ill at ease on mine (Technics SL-1510, ca. 1978).
Opinions welcome,
Thanks
M.