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High compliance and low mass or?

Hi,

In researching cartridges for an upgrade, I am trying to determine which type of cartridge would be best suited for my SME 309 tonearm -- a high compliance, low mass cartridge like a Zyx? Or, would a cartridge with lower compliance but higher mass like a Dynavector DV-1 work better? Does it make a difference at all since both cartridges have a resonant freq of about 10Hz?
1musiclover
dogpile
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Question...what's the effective mass of your SME 309? Suggestions to follow...
1musiclover OP
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The effecticve mass of the SME 309 is 9.5 grams. I would guess that is considered medium-light.
janvoornb3bc
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You write:

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Does it make a difference at all since both cartridges have a resonant freq of about 10Hz?
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A cartridge does not have uch a thing like resonant frequency!

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Or, would a cartridge with lower compliance but higher mass like a Dynavector DV-1 work better?
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A lower cart mass will allways work better. If not the low mass decreases it's body - stiffness. And I do not know the ZYX's campliance.

And I am not a fan of the descriptions: "high compliance" or "low mass" . Because I allways miss the personal opinions at those moments of what would be high or what would be low. Limitless terms......

IMHO a 309 is heavier tahn 9.5 gr. And that is called medium- light? Again a useless personal sticker on it. I never was fond of those classifications.
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