Audiomod tonearm cartridges

[Shad3925]

I am going to buy an Audiomods tonearm and would be interested in what cartridges members are using or would recommend

[rolleye]

Ortofon 2M Black, good match with the AudioMods arm. I've also used a number of Joe Grado cart's (Prestige Gold,Signature 6 and Reference Platinum to good effect) and if you can stretch to it a MusicMaker III.
Good choice of arm btw

[loonieboo]

Hi , I currently am using a Koetsu black - sounds wonderful on a series 5,
and a nagaoka mp50 super on series 4 again wonderful ,
have also used all to good effect if using the various shims supplied with the arm,
koetsu - urishi
nagaoka mp11 and mp15
van den hul ddt, frog
supex 900
47 labs myabi
ortofon mc30 supreme.
a very versatile arm enjoy it

[Shad3925]

Many thanks, another suggestion was a Benz Micro!

[Shad3925]

Forgot to mention, I am buying the Series 5 version(Not on website yet) which has an option of either silver or cardas wiring.
Any views on either also appreciated

[jferreir]

Jeff has a PDF on cartridge compatibility available on his website: http://www.audiomods.co.uk/cartridgechoice.pdf

With the provided shim kit, the Series V is compatible with most of the usual suspects. I've read that the Denon 103 might be problematic (for Rega arms more generally), but don't quote me on it.

Jeff recommends the Cardas loom for Naim phono preamplifiers because of their tendency to pick up RFI. That, and the cost of silver has skyrocketed lately, so it represents a more affordable option. The silver litz wiring offers more detail and instrumental texture, but might sound a bit "bright" on a fully SS system. Whatever your choice, I would think carefully about the wiring option - not so easy to change after the fact.

[Shad3925]

Jeff has a PDF on cartridge compatibility available on his website: http://www.audiomods.co.uk/cartridgechoice.pdf

With the provided shim kit, the Series V is compatible with most of the usual suspects. I've read that the Denon 103 might be problematic (for Rega arms more generally), but don't quote me on it.

Jeff recommends the Cardas loom for Naim phono preamplifiers because of their tendency to pick up RFI. That, and the cost of silver has skyrocketed lately, so it represents a more affordable option. The silver litz wiring offers more detail and instrumental texture, but might sound a bit "bright" on a fully SS system. Whatever your choice, I would think carefully about the wiring option - not so easy to change after the fact.

Many thanks,good advice

[Zebbo]

I'm using a ZYX R100 Fuji in mine at the moment, (with the thinner copper shim), and it is very, very nice.