Linn LP-12 worth it?

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I did some searching and found an SME chart for calculating resonant frequency based on compliance and a chart of effective mass for that family of tonearms. Given that this looks like the SME documents, it seems like it must include the standard headshell, which would make for a total of 14 grams for the 3012, rather than 14 plus a headshell. If that's the case, the difference between the SME and the Jelco would be significant.

One note about compliance...I think with Denon you might have to apply a multiple of 1.5 to 2.0 with their compliance numbers. I've read several times that the Japanese manufacturers are measuring their compliance at a higher frequency (100 Hz) than the western world (10 Hz). By the chart, though, raising the 304's compliance of 14 to 21 doesn't bump it out of the shaded area on the resonance chart.