Viridian, wow, a wide variety of cartridges. The Audioquest-branded Orsonic is *excellent* and might be cheaper compared to the straight Orsonic. You could try the Audio-Technica 'Technihard' series, available from Audiocubes in a few different weights. Unfortunately not universal - you will probably want to match headshell weight to cartridge weight. On the other hand, they're not super-expensive.
With the Ikeda arm, I've found the Ikeda 1S/1R headshell excellent. It allows very little twisting though and many cartridges are too long to set overhang properly. juki has 'em. So does JAT.
With the Ikeda arm, I've found the Ikeda 1S/1R headshell excellent. It allows very little twisting though and many cartridges are too long to set overhang properly. juki has 'em. So does JAT.

