Did you find it less detailed, lesser highs, and less bottom, than the ortofon? I heard it on FR 64 on modded thorens and EAT arm (copy of ortofon arm) on modded Garrard. Both compared with Zyx through Shindo top of the line phono. Chat later out for the night
Well that could explain it and it's not hearing differences. Doesn't the FR 64 (not S) with it's head shell have an effective mass of ~20 grams? This versus the VPI 3D printed arm of 10.6gms. If that's what we're talking, with a 9×10-6cm/dyne10-6cm/dyne cartridge, we have totally different set-ups and they are really not comparable at all and there's the reason they sounded different to us. That arm does not appear ideal for the Madake (too heavy. The S is even heavier).