I recently acquired an Ikeda IT-345 tonearm and it came with an old Ikeda 9 Cartridge, the kind without a cantilever. I believe there were several variants of this cartridge with different specs. The only other identifying mark are these Japanese characters on the side. Any body know what they mean? Also any experiences on setting up these carts?
It seems a bit skittish at 1.75g VTF better at 2.0g,but would be good to find what the manufacturer's recommendation was. Also, it needs the arm setting very low to maintain a VTA with the arm parallel to the record.
Would appreciate any info any body has or can point me to.
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Edit: The title should say Ikeda, damned auto-spell!