Graham Phantom vs Triplaner

Asa, not heard too many field coils yet (C.A.R, Cogent, Feasterex) but they have all been promising/awesome in their own ways.

Not all wires are suited for runs inside a tonearm as the weight and flexibility vs the ability to sound good are all issues that an arm manufacturer has to deal with. Having had the Triplanar for a while, I can say I have become a fan of the concept of running one bit of wire all the way from the cartridge pins to the input of the phono section. I have seen extra connections rob the signal (especially from low output MCs) of its impact.

Since the AC Raven has been mentioned, I might mention some news from the maker. Thomas of TW Acustic is working on a tonearm , voiced for the Raven. It is only in defelopment and may not even appear. I thought Raven owners might be interested. I have taken delivery of a Raven One and am very impressed with it, first class engineering and build quality

Thanks Atmasphere. Understood on the phono wire/arm compatibility. I see the Copperhead runs from pins to inputs too. One can talk all day about the sophistication of the Graham arm's integral connector, but I still stare at the thing.

Someone above mentioned the Copperhead, but is it as good on a non-Criterion platform, i.e. without the kevlar/magnetic arm board? Copperhead on a Raven? I'm no analog expert, just curious.

The Raven sounds like my kind of sound and has got me thinking lately (less lately since the TAS review came out and the wait is undoubtedly going to skyrocket...). I've been around too long (anyone remember waiting, baited breath, for their Audiomart to come in the mail?), and just can't do pumps et al anymore. I've got an old TNT 4 with the tower air bladders and I think I'm going to find an existential nexus between it and a shotgun!

Nice thread; I'm learning things.

Atmasphere,
I have a Phantom and would most definitely like to rid the arm of the connector junctions.

This of course would eliminate the option of swapping arm tubes with differant cartridges and ease of mounting.

My choice of tonearm wire would be Nordost Tyr.

Having used a Valhalla wired VPI tonearm ,the results were incredible what it did in my modest system.

Especially when I carried on with more Nordost wire to my phonostage.

However ,it should be cooked before using for at least 350 to 400 hours.

The bright signature will completely fade away leaving the true voice of your cartridge.

Tonearm wire for sure is a cridical area of your system.

No dought there are other advanced wire designs on the market today that are equal to or better then the Nordost line.
Though it sure works well through out my system.

Just heard Graham Phantom at sir speedys one of the best set up and best sounding Phantoms i have heard!! The man is a master speakers and the entire sound Very Musical Open..Good job speedy!!