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CartridgeCompatability:Arm/Amp Most Important?


I'm trying to select a cartridge to match my system.

In your experience, is the tonearm-cartridge interface more important, or does the cartridge-phono stage have greater effect on compatibility?

Or is this another of the gray areas that only experience can assess? I'd rather not buy eleven cartridges, to the tune of $40,000 (that I don't have)before finding a strong and satisfying combination.

Technics SP10 MkIIa table, Acos Lustre STA-801 arm, Aurum Acoustics phono stage in Aurum CDP integrated preamp.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Best,
David
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Raquel: I was addressing warps not turntable rumble. The link below is very well written and worth reading.

http://www.theanalogdept.com/cartridge___arm_matching.htm
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I believe the low frequency cartridge/arm interaction is important for tracking a record that is not absolutely flat as well.
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