Thanks for the comment so far.
Unfortunately, I am not in the position to make any fair comparison so far. The comment is not specific to Koetsu only but more for cartridges around 12-13g in general (if I am not mistaken , Air Tight is 12g, Koetsu Onyx is 12.5g although with much lower compliance) but looks like Graham or SME should be ok. Any specific comment on difference in sounds? Gathering from various comments around here, people tends to be a bit more negative on SME and Phantom seems to do no wrong. Raven tonearms have many followers but also quite a few distractors. Unfortunately this is going to one of those things that will be difficult to have a proper audition before buying.
Thanks for the comment on Reed and Saec as well and I will look into those.
Unfortunately, I am not in the position to make any fair comparison so far. The comment is not specific to Koetsu only but more for cartridges around 12-13g in general (if I am not mistaken , Air Tight is 12g, Koetsu Onyx is 12.5g although with much lower compliance) but looks like Graham or SME should be ok. Any specific comment on difference in sounds? Gathering from various comments around here, people tends to be a bit more negative on SME and Phantom seems to do no wrong. Raven tonearms have many followers but also quite a few distractors. Unfortunately this is going to one of those things that will be difficult to have a proper audition before buying.
Thanks for the comment on Reed and Saec as well and I will look into those.