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Anyone familiar with Ikeda 9 series (cantileverless kind) MC cartridges?

Impressed by the series FR-7 kinds , more in particular the FR-7 fz, I wanted to try some of the

9 C(?) kinds. I was able to buy the 9 C, mk2 but was not able to find much info about other

versions.  There are later versions so I am interested in their possible  ''added values''.

nandric
saburo
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I still have a Rowland Complement (Ikeda-made, cantilever-less). Unplayable now since developing a hum. It was very fine when it worked, no surprise it likes a high mass arm like Ikeda’s own IT-345/IT-407
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nandric OP
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Dear syntax, I am sure you tried many but what about this ''9

series''? Your sample looks certainly ''exotic''  but deed it

sound as such? You don't need to spare your Serbian friend

if you have some critical remarks; I am used to (grin).

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nandric OP
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Saburo, I need to check for you by my comrade Don (Griffiths)

but he informed me that ''Needle clinic'' (?) can fix those

9 series cartridges. Anyway this retipper can provide a new

stylus. Considering the fact(?) that all those ''members'' of

the series have the same construction your ''Rowland'' sample

should be ''the same''.


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chakster
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@syntax 

here is a pic from one .... (rare I think)
http://666kb.com/i/dujejv5k0u1pumolu.jpg 

Is that Luxman PD-444 platter? 
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nandric OP
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Dear chakster, MY THREAD is not meant for your obsession

with this totally unknow Luxman TT. Even an blind person can

see that this thread is about cartridges not TT's (grin).

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