Suitable Cartridge+Needle for Infinity Black Widow Tonearm

[EngineerNate]

Putting a 2M Red on the Black Widow is like putting a set of $40 Pep Boys tires on a Porsche 911. It WILL work, just not very good.

More like putting General grabbers on. Not bad tires, just not fit for purpose.

 

[Balifly]

Save the money for later and put this on instead!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-A...rentrq:8ffbe1431640acc6c9770593fffea719|iid:1

 

[MCM_Fan]

You also have to look at compliance figures. A Shure SC35C is also about the same weight but it would be a poor match.

The nice thing about the Shure SC35C is there is a very wide range of stylus options that cover everything from very low compliance (the stock stylus) to reasonably high compliance (the N44GX stylus). That makes it more adaptable to a wider variety of arms than the 2M Red.

That said, even with the highest compliance offering (the N44GX), it's still not a great match for the Black Widow tonearm. Plus, we're still talking about a 0.7 mil conical stylus. Most of the ultrahigh compliance carts that would mate well with the Black Widow have more advanced tip profiles.

 

[noisefreq]

I respect all the opinions given in this thread but I'm thinking it's going over the OP's head.

You can lead a horse to water...

 

[reched]

Any suggestions or tips on changing cartridges in this tone arm? The lead wires are about the size of human hairs.

 

[Blue Shadow]

I use proper tweezers or small pliers and set up so that I cannot move far enough to break the wire when it comes off the cartridge. Twisting the cartridge tag helps loosen it.