How many grams weight for mm cartridge?


I have Denon dp-45f TT with MM cartirdge. What is ideal standard weight I should start with? It came with 1.7 grams but I remember my father used to use only .5 gram for his TT. Please enlighten me...

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Dear @mofimadness : You are right, no one Grace series 9 is for 0.5grs.

There is a cartridge where the manufacturer VTF range is: 0.25 to 1.25 grs and is the Empire 4000D3. I never tested at 0.25grs but I did it at 0.5grs and performs good. In the same Empire series the D2 starts at 0.5grs.

Btw, @chakster , could you tell us how good performs your Grace at 0.5 grs. against higher VTF values?

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Hi Raul, You obviously have memory problems. This is called

''amnesia''. In the Lyra thread you agreed with stringreen statement:

''I always set my VTF  to the manufacturer recommendation''.

Your comment was: ''You are absolutely right'' and added that

''ignorance level is always the name of the game''. By those

''ignorant'' you mean those who desagree with this ''rule'' or

dogma. However in this thread you changed the issue talking

about VTF RANGE instead of recommended VTF. As we can see

you skipped 0,25 g by Grace and probably started with 0,5; then

0,6; then 0, 7, etc . grams. But why? 0,25 is also recommended

VTF. That is the problem with you. You have no idea what you

stated in your previous post. I already addressed chakster's

dilemma with ''0,5- 2 g'' by his Grace as well my own between

1,5-2.5 g. recommended VTF's which are in my opinion worthless.

I too agree that the manufacturers specs should be adhered to, but nandric brings up an interesting point. One that I had not really though about before. Suspension wear over a long period of time, if indeed, one continues to use their respective cartridges over many years.

Food for thought indeed

The Grace f8-L’10 is also rated for .5 - 2.5g, along with other f8 carts. Below is a link to a Japanese sales brochure with the numbers clearly visible. This does not mean it’s the recommended VTF, only it’s possible range. In the owners manual it states the .5g is for perfectly flat discs, and the recommended setting is 1.5g.

The f8-c is rated .5 - 1.5 with a recommended 1.2g 

These carts were of course designed for arms like the Grace G707 and Infinity Black Widow, and why I'm currently using one.

Martin

https://www.google.com/search?q=grace+f8-c&client=ms-android-metropcs-us&prmd=vsin&sourc...
Dear @kingshead : You are right, I was thinking only in the F9 series.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.