I think you can drive yourself mad trying to find the ideal - thicker 180-200g pressings will cause the arm to be more 'tail down' compared to older 120-150g discs, making the sound more bassy and less defined (to my cloth ears anyway).
And Shibata stylus profiles are reportedly more critical then say eliptical. That is my understanding, but I could be mistaken. I certainly didn't want to have to go to the lengths of changing platter mat thicknesses to suit, so changed my 2M Black for a "lesser" Quintet blue, and no longer think about it.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
A/V:
LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.
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