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That's a very nice looking headshell weight...

You can easily measure your arm/cartridge resonance using a test record with the required test tracks. For example, the Hi-Fi News Test Recrod has tests for measuring arm/cartridge resonance.

Ideally, you would like your arm/cartridge resonance be about 10-Hz. It's okay to go a little lower but it shouldn't go below 8-Hz if possible. Of course, the arm cartridge resonance on my turntable is about 7-Hz and it still sounds just fine. The reason for such a low arm/cartridge resonance is that the cartridge has higher compliance than it's supposed to have. My AT-ART7 is rated at 10 x 10-6 cm/dyne compliance but they installed the stylus/cantilever assembly for the AT-ART9, which has compliance of 18 x 10-6 cm/dyne. Consequently, my arm/cartridge resonance is too low.

Best regards,
John Elison


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