Good cartridge match for SME R3012 tone arm?

Any SPU, Miyajima Shilabe, Koetsu, Supex, any heavier bodied, lower compliance cartridge will be a good match. That is a great tonearm -- look into the Analog Tube Audio mods available from Robert in Germany. They are well worth the upgrade.

Riz1, are you saying that this tonearm cannot perform well with other cartridges like the Dynavector XX2 ? Pardon my ignorance, I am a beginner in analogue and incidentally looking at the very same arm.

Riz:

Be interested in hearing how the ATA mods sounded on your SME arm(s).

Researched the Bronze Mod years ago, but passed due to what I read on the WWW.