Hadcock arms

Actually the Hadcocks work well with most cartridges not just high compliance cartridges. I am using the 242 with both a Zyx Airy3S LO SB and a Cartridge Man Music Maker 3; both sound terrific and track flawlessly in the 242.
A popular misconception is that Hadcocks have low effective mass but at 11.4 grams for the 242 and 9.1 grams for the 228 they should be considered medium effective mass tonearms.

Hey Viridian,

Thanks! That was exactly how I would have responded.

Thanks all.

Joe

I agree with Audiofeil, the old Hadcock 228 works surprisingly well with stiffer carts too. I've tried an Ortofon MC30 super in it with good results. Have not tried the Denon 103 in it though. I would not call it a traditional unipivot since the "needle" goes into a bearing with 4 balls. Mr Hadcock tried a 3 ball bearing as well but found that 4 balls gave a better result.
The arm is a b*tch to set up though...

The Hadcock arms are excellent value for money. They have always had the inverted unipivot and 4 ball bearing since they appeared in the late 1970s. I still use my original hadcock 228 (circa 1981) although it plays second fiddle to my Schroeder 2 now.
Over the years I have used this with all sorts of carts - ortofon VMS20, ADC XLM, Ortofon MC10, Decca London Maroon and Gold (Garrott Brothers) and my current Allaerts MC1B. I've had no problems with any of them. You need to use fluid damping for the Deccas and MCs. Otherwise it's excellent. It has gone up in price since I bought mine in 1981 - I paid 65 GBP (120 USD) for my new arm then!
The newer versions are better made, more adaptable (with removeable armwands) and the longer ones have a slightly higher mass to suit the current vogue for lower compliance MCs. But they all work fine.

>>You need to use fluid damping for the Deccas and MCs<<

Perhaps for the older models but not the latest versions.