Nagaoka mp-500 compatibility with VPI 3D prime arm


So I have the VPI Prime 3D arm with the Nagaoka mp-200. 

Sounds so good that I want to move up to the MP-500, but the specs are slightly different.  Question is will this cart match my arm?  

Ive read the 3D arm can take just about any cart but I'm a bit suspicious of that. 
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The Nagaoka cartridges tend to have mechanical compliance specs which are nearly identical.

Pretty well only the cantilevers are different on some- aluminum vs boron. So you should be fine. Stylus tip mass is immaterial to the equation, in the micro mass differences between stylus types.

If it is not a moving mass or compliance specification, it’s not relevant to matching the arm re mass issues. and those moving mass and compliance numbers are virtually identical across the Nagaoka line up. (models 100 through 500)