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Kiseki, Supex on a present day tone arm?

I am looking to move into MC territories, but given the stanbard MM phono stage I'm looking for a good affordable high output MC element.

A few cartridges have caught my attention, first off all the Goldring Eroica H; but also a bit more exotic elements like the Supex SD-901 & the Kiseki Mission 773.

Does anybody know if the Kiseki and Supex elements can be mounted on any current tone arm like Rega, SME and Clearaudio?
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chakster
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I have tried one Supex cartridge SD-909 mkII on my Reed 3p "12
It was in exellent condition, but it was also dark sounding cartridge, i tried a few MC phono stages, headamp etc (but no sut). I love Reed tonearm and highly recommend it, but Supex was definitely not my cup of tea.

I have a few High Output MC cartridges that i like: Argent MC500HS (Sapphire cantilever) and Argent MC500. Both made in the 80s (OEM) by the same company who introduced recently $8000 Etsuru Urushi LOMC https://www.audio-activity.com/etsuru-urushi.html

Look at the compliace of the Supex, if that's 8cu then it must be paired with high mass tonearm.
Kiseki is probably mid compliance, so no problem with modern arms, but it depends on which one. 

Why do you need HOMC cartridge if you can find much better MM/MI or LOMC as an alternative? 

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nandric
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@genghis6400 If you can afford either Kiseki Silver Spot or

Gold Spot (+/- $ 1300) those are the obvious choices for the

Kiseki ''Gold'' tonearm. The Gold spot is the latest version of

the Kiseki carts.

genghis6400
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@nandric I currently am in possession of a mint condition Kiseki Blue Goldspot that I’m planning to mount with the the Kiseki arm. My Blue Goldspot is the original and not of the modern stock. I have written to Kiseki in regards to the tonearm and awaiting their reply.
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nandric
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@genghis6400 , Congratulation; Kiseki Gold spot is the latest

and the best Kiseki. Recognizable on the 5 screw threads on both

sides and gold spot on its front side.  The ''modern stock'' is a fake

 Gold spot. Actually the Blue which was the first version of the LOMC

 Kiseki. I own 5 Kiseki's 3 of them the Gold spot. I hope you wrote

to Durob in Holland because there is no such thing as an address for

Kiseki. What you need is the distance between the spindle and the

pivot. Aka the ''effective length'' for the stylus. By moving the cart on

its headshel you can adjust this length easily.

genghis6400
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@nandric I wrote to Durob about the Kiseki Gold tonearm but have not heard back from him yet. Hopefully he will reply sooner than later. In the mean time I'm enjoying the music from the KGS mounted to a Fidelity Research FR-64s. 
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