On Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:37:27 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article , Don Pearce
wrote:
On Fri, 20 Sep 2013 18:27:43 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

FWIW I've happily used the V15/III with the arm that came as part of my
Technics DD TT. The arm mass is nominally far too high. But never
really given a problem that I've noticed.

So I've never worried too much about matching arm mass with compliance.
Although with some of the ultra-low compliance MCs I think I'd be more
wary.

I might be more worried about a high mass arm married to a high
compliance cartridge. You could find the corner frequency of that
particular highpass filter creeping down uncomfortably close to warp
speed (no, not a Star Trek reference!).

Agreed. I was also wary at first with the arm I use. But it simply hasn't
been problem in practice. It probably means I get more 'ripple' LF
accompanying the audio, but I don't really notice it.

I did briefly try the brush method again when I started experimenting with
the (rather inferior) M97xE. But it seemed more of a faff than it was
worth. So simply clicked it 'up' and left it that way.

FWIW I use the M97 for older LPs of dubious condition to protect my aged
V15 stylii and keep the V15 for discs I know are in good condition.


More of a problem with 45s, of course. But not an actual problem until
it is big enough to drive the pre-amp into limiting. No filtering it
away once that has happened.

d