best tonearm for Kondo IO-J cart.


i know not too many people have this cartrige , but whats the best arm to use with it? do i need high mass arm or low?
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Showing 1 response by nsgarch

It's a fairly low compliance cart. (10 x 10 to -6cm/dyne) and so would normally require a high effective mass arm. However, since the cartridge itself weighs 11 gms (kind of high-ish, especially when you add the mounting hardware which is about 2 gms.) you could probably get away with a medium mass arm like an SME IV or V or any arm with an effective mass of 10/11 gms. or more.

It also has an EXTREMELY low output. Hope you have the budget for an expensive high gain phono preamp. You weren't thinking of using one of those dreadful (IMO) step up transformers I hope ;--)

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