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In the Thread: Say “no” to the light tonearms.

Post Subject: Grado Sonata & Ortofon Rondo BronzePosted by AlexBerger on: 5/3/2010

Romy,

Yes, I measured my cartridge-tonearm combination with test disk. The resonant frequency was completely different compared to calculation with http://www.mh-audio.nl/MySystem/RF.asp.

7 years ago, I tried Fidelity Research FR-64FX with Grado Sonata that I had. The sound was big and dynamic, with dad tracking, but unballansed, with
bloated bus and lower mid.
Compare to Fidelity Research, Spacearm tracking was so-so, but I liked tonal balance.
I decided to sell Fidelity Research.
Now I use Ortofon with Spacearm and it sounds better that Grado in every aspect of sound. But the tracking isn't perfect yet.
I look for tonearm that will sound balanced with like Fidelity Research tracking.

Regards,
Alexander..

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