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Cartridge Tonearm compatibility

Hi,
I need some help calculating cartridge/tonearm compatibility. I am considering building a DIY turntable. I have purchased a Maglev table and a Jasmin motor from China on ebay. I am currently building a custom plinch and arm-board.I have purchased a Jelco SA750E tonearm. I am considering a Dynavector XX2MKII cartridge. I have looked at resonant frequency calculators but quite frankly they are above my knowladge. Would the Dynavector XX2MKII be a good match for the Jelco SA750E. The tonearm mass is 13.26gr. The cartridge weight is 8.9 gr and the cartridge compliance is 10 mm/N.
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yeti42
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This makes it easy if you have the arm effective mass and the cartridge compliance at 10Hz
https://www.vinylengine.com/cartridge_resonance_evaluator.phpIf you only have compliance at 100Hx multiplty that by 1.7 and you'll be close enough or halve static compliance if that's what you know.


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Yogiboy, Thank You!
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Clarkster, Why the lol. Is that really necessary.
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mijostyn
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Gary, forget about the math. Get a Hi Fi News test record and see what the actual resonance frequency is. I suspect you might have to add a little weight to the head shell. So, you add weight until you get the actual resonance frequency below 10 but above 8 Hz both vertically and horizontally.
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chakster
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Gary, you can read this thread first, maybe you don’t have to worry about.
Jelco is a mid mass arm and Dyna is a mid compliance (17cu @ 10Hz) cartridge. It should be fine!
In my opinion online calculation is always wrong, you can do that with Hi-Fi Test LP
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