Hi. I am a bit concerned with whether or not a cartridge that is being sent to me will match well with a tonearm another fellow sent to me as an upgrade for my Micro Seiki BL-51.
The cartridge in question is a Shelter 201. According to the specs, it weighs 6.2-grams, and has a compliance of 15-10 @ 100hz. I figure that this means that it is around 26-10 @ 10hz.
The tonearm in question is a Micro Seiki MA-101 MKII, which is reputed to have an affective armtube mass of 7-grams. In addition, I found a wood headshell that weighs 7-grams as well. Should this not give me a total affective mass of around 12-grams?
Using the best compliance calculator that I can find online (korfaudio.com), it looks like a good match. The "old fashioned" calculator at Vinyl Engine say it isn't, but I have found it to be pretty inaccurate compared to my real-world findings so far.
How many of you have used this cartridge, and what tonearms and headshells have you successfully used with it?
The cartridge in question is a Shelter 201. According to the specs, it weighs 6.2-grams, and has a compliance of 15-10 @ 100hz. I figure that this means that it is around 26-10 @ 10hz.
The tonearm in question is a Micro Seiki MA-101 MKII, which is reputed to have an affective armtube mass of 7-grams. In addition, I found a wood headshell that weighs 7-grams as well. Should this not give me a total affective mass of around 12-grams?
Using the best compliance calculator that I can find online (korfaudio.com), it looks like a good match. The "old fashioned" calculator at Vinyl Engine say it isn't, but I have found it to be pretty inaccurate compared to my real-world findings so far.
How many of you have used this cartridge, and what tonearms and headshells have you successfully used with it?
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