What Cartridge & Armwand on your Schroder


What is your favorite catridge to use on your Schroder and which armwand (which wood, what effective mass) do you have on your Schroder tonearm? What differences have you discovered between different cartridges? A nice reference to your entire system would help put it all in context.
dgad

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The Zyx weighs 5 grams, 9 grams with the silver base. In a tonearm with 35 gram effective mass, on paper this is a horrible mismatch putting the system's resonance under 8hZ. I've owned 3 Zyx cartridges and doubt that any of them would perform optimally in a 35 gram tonearm. As always, however, YMMV.
I don't doubt you Dgad. However, my experience shows that the UNIverse, Airy 2, and Airy 3 perform better in tonearms with medium (10-18 gram) effective mass such as Tri-Planar, Vector 3, SME, etc.

I'm sure the Ikeda does a fine job but it is not the ideal match.

Good luck!!