New deck and Arm ... cartridge recommendations please

[lordmortlock]

Word of warning: the BD-12S arm has very limited height adjustment (if at all, especially when fitted on the TD135), as it was designed long before fine-line stylii were developed. The 'Paratrace' is one such, and like all fine-line stylii achieving the correct SRA is essential.

I have a series of screw in spacers so that Cartridges of different height can be used. Take your point though, they’d need to be bang on for the paratrace

[Barry]

Reading around all users of the TD135 have used cartridges with either spherical-tipped stylii, or at best, cartridges fitted with elliptical stylii.

To be perfectly honest I don't think the BD-12S arm is good enough for fine-line stylii, but if you have a set of spacers which allow you to alter the SRA in no more than 0.1 degree steps (i.e. using spacers with a thickness of no more than 0.4mm), then it might be possible. But I would play 'safe' and use a standard DL103C (with the conical tip).