as the helicon is a very neutral cartridge you may want an arm that is on the warm side of neutral, such as the wheaton triplaner or the vpi jwm 10". it is all about balance. the helicon is such a great bargain that it will mate with the best quality arms out there. sometimes the vpi arm is avaliable for cheap used; the wheaton is harder to find used. good luck.
Arm to use with Lyra Helikon
Help, on the advice of my dealer and after reading all the glowing reviews I finally updated my old Sumiko Talisman DTI cartridge, with which I allways enjoyed listening to in a Sumiko MMT arm. I purchased a Lyra Helikon and an ARC PH3 preamp loaded at 1000 ohms running into an ARC SP8 MK7, a pair of Futterman amps into a pair of Tannoy 15" reds. The sound is now bright, ringing,bass is boomy, I just do not relax and enjoy the music like I used to.Suggestions on what arm works best with cartridge are welcome. I have a SOTA STAR turntable.Budget is $2000.00 new or used. Is SME V best choice. I have just spent $3000.00 and my old $300.00 Grado lets me enjoy the music more than my new equipment. Help.