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Tonearm for vintage mm cartridges

I know I’m very, very late to the party but I’d like to start investigating older mm cartridges. Unfortunately having used low compliance mc’s for a long time I no longer have any suitable tonearms, all of them having high effective mass (I think my Fidelity Research FR64fx is probably the lowest!).


Which tonearms would you recommend please? I’m thinking about Audio Technica AT-1010 or AT-1100 or the Technics EPA100/250/501.

For cartridges I have found an old Shure V15 type iii in a drawer with several replacement styli so will start with that. I will then start trying others.

Many thanks in advance for your suggestions.

David

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Thank you all for your advice. I think I’m still inclined towards an Audio Technica AT-1100 though as I am in the UK the SME Series 3 will be easier to source. My thinking is that with the Audio Technica I can easily swap out the arm for the heavier AT-1010 using the same base, etc should I need to. I should probably have said my turntable is a Garrard 401 so the plinth can easily accept different armboards.

David

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