Koetsu cartridges - what arms work?

Hi lewm,

I have the 9"-version in my system. Due to the underhang the 
"mounting distance" is with 273mm quite long and it looks not
really short.

Fascinating is that some friends and me have played around
with a huge variety of different cartridges (weight, quality and
compliance) and there was not one cartridge playing not better
than in other high end tonearms.
(Ortofon 2M, Ortofon Vero, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Ortofon SPU,
ZYX 4D Atmos, DS Audio DS-W1, DS Audio DS-002, Koetsu
Rosewood and others).

The arm has no antiskating function. But this is not necessary,
because the maximum skating force is exactly so strong than
with a conventional arm and perfect antiskating adjusted.
(According to the advice of Mr. Lederman)

I recently tried a Koetsu Jade with my Clearaudio Universal 12", and I’d say that arm is a no-go for Koetsu. Dynamically flat, a bit dead, definitely lacking the passion associated with Koetsu. However the Universal does very well with a Shelter Harmony; better than even the Graham for that cart.

The Graham Supreme and Fidelity Research FR64fx are far better matches for Koetsu. I also had an opportunity, several years ago, to purchase a mint Koetsu SA-1100 tonearm locally. After inspecting it in person, I passed -- the build quality and feel of my FR64fx far exceeds the SA1100 in every way. It was obvious to me, even then, that the Koetsu arm was a Jelco build. Cool head-shell though!!

Urushi here (original Sugano Sr.) and the SME V seems made for it.

Thinking about Koetsu RSP or Jade for a VPI 3-D arm.
Good match or not?
Thanks.

I bet the new technics 1200G would sound great with a Koetsu.  I have been thinking about it.