Thales Simplicity tonearm review in Stereophile.

@Mordante

Fremer used to be a comedian, and once put out a comedy record. LOL!

I listen carefully to Michael. I find that most of the time I agree with what he says he hears.

I'm sure that what Michael Fremer heard was accurate, however as the tonearm was damaged so what he heard bears little relationship to a correctly functioning Thales tonearm/turntable.

Another TTT-C/Simplicity owner and I have to agree with Proftournesol in that my arm tracks perfectly, really unfortunate that the arm Fremer received (& the one used at RMAF) had been mistakenly 'adjusted' after leaving the Thales factory.

I can't understand how he couldn't hear the absence of inner groove distortion unless the arm was generally tracking so poorly as a result of the bearing map-adjustment that it was just poor right across the LP surface. I know that Michael Fremer is not a big lei ever in inner-groove distortion, but the difference is just so noticeable compared to my (correctly aligned Kuzma Stogi Reference and also compared to a 4 point.