What arm do you think mates best with a stone body Koetsu? Under $7500.
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I just read in another forum some advice from a fifty yr veteran of phonography. He claimed that in terms of sound quality, the most important part of a phonograph
is the turntable, then to a lesser extent the tonearm, and finally least of the three, the cartridge. I have no idea if this is really true or not, maybe it should be a topic for
discussion, but if it is true, it does not make sense to purchase a tonearm to match a cartridge. The tonearm in of itself is more important than the cart used. A better approach
might be to buy the best tonearm for under $7500, and if you can use the Koetsu its a bonus, if not sell it and buy something else, its not that important.Magnepan 1.6 QR Loudspeakers, Amherst A-2000 MOSFET 150 WPC Amp, Conrad Johnson PV-10A Modded Tube Line & Phono Stage, Electrocompaniet MC II Class A Head Amp, Audio Technica AT-OC9XML Cart (Stereo) , Graham Engineering 2.2 Tonearm (Stereo) , VPI Aries-1 Turntable (Stereo) , VPI Clamp, Denon DL-102 Cart, (Mono) , Luxman Tonearm (Mono) , Kenwood KD-500 Turntable (Mono) , Michell Clamp, Marantz 20B Analog FM Tuner, Pioneer SACD, Onkyo DX-6800 CD Transport, DIY 24B/192K DAC, Sennheiser HD-650 Headphones, Headroom Max Balanced Headphone Amp, DIY Silver Interconnects -
turntable, arm, cartridge in that order is a long held belief for Linn. And when I owned my Linn LP12 I think it's true for them. My experience today is that is all matters...Speakers: Rockport Lyra
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Yes, it all definitely matters, but if I had to cut the budget on either the turntable, tonearm, cartridge, or phonostage, I would choose to lower the cartridge budget to do the least amount of damage IMO. That's just my case, not everyone's.Magnepan 1.6 QR Loudspeakers, Amherst A-2000 MOSFET 150 WPC Amp, Conrad Johnson PV-10A Modded Tube Line & Phono Stage, Electrocompaniet MC II Class A Head Amp, Audio Technica AT-OC9XML Cart (Stereo) , Graham Engineering 2.2 Tonearm (Stereo) , VPI Aries-1 Turntable (Stereo) , VPI Clamp, Denon DL-102 Cart, (Mono) , Luxman Tonearm (Mono) , Kenwood KD-500 Turntable (Mono) , Michell Clamp, Marantz 20B Analog FM Tuner, Pioneer SACD, Onkyo DX-6800 CD Transport, DIY 24B/192K DAC, Sennheiser HD-650 Headphones, Headroom Max Balanced Headphone Amp, DIY Silver InterconnectsComment
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This brings up the question: what would sound better ? 1. A $500 Cartridge mounted on a $15,000 turntable/arm setup or 2. A $15,000 Cartridge mounted on a $500 turntable/arm setup?
I think #1 would sound better. ( I know you'll suggest a new #3, a $15k cart on a $15k TT/Arm)Magnepan 1.6 QR Loudspeakers, Amherst A-2000 MOSFET 150 WPC Amp, Conrad Johnson PV-10A Modded Tube Line & Phono Stage, Electrocompaniet MC II Class A Head Amp, Audio Technica AT-OC9XML Cart (Stereo) , Graham Engineering 2.2 Tonearm (Stereo) , VPI Aries-1 Turntable (Stereo) , VPI Clamp, Denon DL-102 Cart, (Mono) , Luxman Tonearm (Mono) , Kenwood KD-500 Turntable (Mono) , Michell Clamp, Marantz 20B Analog FM Tuner, Pioneer SACD, Onkyo DX-6800 CD Transport, DIY 24B/192K DAC, Sennheiser HD-650 Headphones, Headroom Max Balanced Headphone Amp, DIY Silver InterconnectsComment
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Yes, while I have never owned either one I have heard both in good systems and been impressed. I heard the Ikeda with a Koetsu (don't remember which one) years ago and liked it.
BTW if you are interested in the FR66 I know someone who may be willing to part with his.
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While there are no hard and fast rules, typically a higher mass, lower compliance cartridge will work well with an 'arm that has a higher effective mass. The idea being an acceptable tonearm-cartridge resonance frequency, often considered to be in the 7-12Hz range.
So consider the effective mass of the tonearm under consideration. Use the resources pointed at in the above reference link to find the arm-cartridge resonance frequency.
Fwiw, I've found the Kuzma 4Point arm to work very well with low compliance cartridges.
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Interesting. This reviewer compares the Tri-planar with the Graham.
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