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Which wand for Morch DP-6

Greetings All
I have a Morch DP-6 with a ZYX 3 Airy sliver base.
I have been using the Red Dot wand with the cartridge.
The cartridge has worked very well in this wand except that when it plays a very deep note I get distortion. The one LP that the cartridge has never tracked properly is the very low bass note from Ray Browns LP "Soular Energy"
I sent the cartridge to Soundsmith to have it evaluated (the cartridge is over 4 year old and lots of time on it)
Peter at Soundsmith said that it is worn evenly, but is 70% worn out. He recommend that I replace the Styles only with his best diamond.

My question
Am I using the wrong wand with this cartridge?
Thanks
Bryan
bryanp

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mofimadness
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The Red Dot Morch arm tube is for a 6 gram cartridge. The ZYX 3 is a 5 gram cartridge, so you should be fine. I think it is better to be a little on the plus side, than on the lower side with the tubes. The Green tube is a 4 gram tube and the Yellow is a 8 gram tube. I would use the Red one, if it was me.

What VTF are you using? The Airy 3 recommends a 1.7 to 2.5 range. I would track at the higher end of that range.
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mofimadness
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I was mistaken about the arm tubes as Lewm stated. It's actually a combination of the cartridge weight and the arm tube weight that gives a fundamental resonance in the 11-12Hz range.

The BLUE tube is the one that should be used. The link below has a chart of cartridges/arm tubes. Clink on Tonearm...Instructions, then click on Cartridge tonearm combination list.

Sorry for the confusion!

http://www.moerch.dk/
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