anyone?
compliance of cartridge is important to start choosing compatible options. to get the tonearm resonance (they all have resonance) in the correct range.
https://www.ortofon.com/support/support-hifi/resonance-frequency/
find the total weight of the arm/headshell, you can ask McIntosh for tonearm answer, and their recommended range of cartridge compliance. you can also find what the compliance of the existing cartridge is, use that as guidance. factory headshell or alternate? same weight as original?
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estimated hours on stylus?
your alignment skills very good? eyesight? alignment tools?
any chance stylus suspension has changed slightly, altering your VTA? You could try raising the back of the arm very slightly, listen for original nirvana. I just 'fixed' my friend's Grace Arm/Cartridge, his stylus cantilever is bent. He will need to have the Stylus replaced, but it got back to quite listenable.
compliance of cartridge is important to start choosing compatible options. to get the tonearm resonance (they all have resonance) in the correct range.
https://www.ortofon.com/support/support-hifi/resonance-frequency/
find the total weight of the arm/headshell, you can ask McIntosh for tonearm answer, and their recommended range of cartridge compliance. you can also find what the compliance of the existing cartridge is, use that as guidance. factory headshell or alternate? same weight as original?
................................
estimated hours on stylus?
your alignment skills very good? eyesight? alignment tools?
any chance stylus suspension has changed slightly, altering your VTA? You could try raising the back of the arm very slightly, listen for original nirvana. I just 'fixed' my friend's Grace Arm/Cartridge, his stylus cantilever is bent. He will need to have the Stylus replaced, but it got back to quite listenable.