Dear W8aaz, I believe you would find that the S-shaped arm wand is identical to the straight pipe you own, in terms of pivot to stylus distance and effective length. The only difference is in effective mass, most likely. Yes, you likely would be better off with the S-shaped arm wand for the latter reason alone, since you are using a low compliance MC cartridge. However, you can always add weight to your straight arm pipe by any number of methods, starting with gluing a penny to the headshell and ending with buying a higher mass headshell or wrapping the arm wand with tape, etc. (The Denon headshells were all on the low end of headshell mass.) Further, the reason your straight arm seems to be "too short" is likely that it was designed for Stevenson alignment, and your Geo-disc is likely to have been designed for Lofgren or Baerwald. So, (1) use Stevenson; there is a free template available on Vinyl Engine, and (2) get yourself a heavier headshell. Happy sailing.
Denon DP-62L users out there?
Wondering who else has one of these things and if you have had to do any maintenance to the machine, such as bearing lube or anything else to keep it perking along. Also if anyone has the curved tonearm wand and wants to sell or trade for the straight arm. After not turning on my system for a couple of years, I was itching to try an old but mint Audioquest MC cart. I obtained in a package deal. Got an inexpensive Monolithic PS-1 preamp from a seller here so that I could use an MC with the system. Really impressed with the sound but at setup the straight arm comes up just a little short according to my setup device. But the sound is killer anyway. What I was hoping for, and not bad for the small investment. I paid no more than a couple hondo for this deck in about mint condx. and I see they go for alot more nowadays.