Celebration Cartridge w/VPI table & arm?


Anyone using the Sumiko Celebration cartridge with the JMW-9 signature arm? My table is the Superscoutmaster. I have heard this cartridge on an SME table/arm setup and liked it alot. Was wondering what results others have had with the VPI tables and arms? Thanks for any help.
tom_hankins

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I've not tried either cart/arm, just FYI, you should be just fine with that combination.

Celebration compliance is 12cu with cart mass of 7g
JMW9 tonearm effective mass is 8.7g
The system resonant freq would be 11.6hz, just in the 8-12hz ideal.
I would agree with Raul that the SME is a better match for the Celebration. Does the Superscoutmaster allow you to swap armboards? This option would be costly.

Raul, just a side question: with the many arms you use, how do you swap between the arms? Do you plug/unplug the tonearm cables each time?
Raul, I am aware that each tonearm has its own cable, but unless your phono has multiple inputs, you would have to plug/unplug these cables, no?

My phono has only one mc input, so I would have no choice but to do it that way should I get a 2nd arm.