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RE: That seems really odd

Hi Tre:

TGR has the heavy counterweight. Worked fine with his 14 gram Zu.
Too heavy with the 7 gram Kiseki.

The Jelco counterweights are thicker at the end furthest from the pivot.
And narrower at the point closest to the pivot with the (very light) sliding/rotating dial for setting VTF there.

As I suggested below, if you reverse the (heavy) counterweight (this will render the calibration dial useless, plus you can't really see it LOL) it places the meatier part of the counterweight closer to the pivot, effectively, but slightly reducing its mass. You just end up having to set VTF with a digital scale, which most people seem to have and use these days anyway.

I do this with the heavy counterweight on a 750D, balancing out a 9.5 gram
cartridge that tracks at 2 grams. But I also use a slightly lighter headshell than the stock Jelco.

At 7 grams and stock headshell, there's a very good chance that this will work for the OP, costs nothing, and avoids having various coins taped to his headshell LOL! His Kiseki tracks a bit higher, apparently around 2.3-2.4 grams ideally, so the question will be whether the reversed, heavier counterweight can be moved close enough to the pivot while still allowing some space to achieve the higher tracking force. But I would think that it is at least a strong possibility.

Seems to me to be the most elegant and cost effective solution mentioned if it works, so worth a try.

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