Dmgrant1: As always the tonearm performance is cartridge dependent.
A long tonearm ( in theory ) has an advantage over the short ones than with a long tonearm the tracking error could be lower ( but this depend too of the tonearm geometry ) and that the cartridge makes lower effort to track the record, but a long tonearm is more sensitive to resonances than a short one ( and this depend too of its construction/design. ). It is almost imposible to have the perfect tonearm we have to learn to live with the trade-offs.
If ( with the same tonearm like the Moerch ) you have the right match cartridge for either tonearm : long/short, both will perform great.
Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.
A long tonearm ( in theory ) has an advantage over the short ones than with a long tonearm the tracking error could be lower ( but this depend too of the tonearm geometry ) and that the cartridge makes lower effort to track the record, but a long tonearm is more sensitive to resonances than a short one ( and this depend too of its construction/design. ). It is almost imposible to have the perfect tonearm we have to learn to live with the trade-offs.
If ( with the same tonearm like the Moerch ) you have the right match cartridge for either tonearm : long/short, both will perform great.
Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.