mulveling is right. In the case of the Miyajima you are not likely to notice much difference. The Triplanar is a really nice arm and certainly with more compliant cartridges like the Lyras and Clearaudios you will notice a difference. If you want to make the jump into hyperspace check out the Schroder LT.
Upgrade my tone arm?
I proudly own a super nice Woodsong Garrard 301 with an Ortophon RS 309D arm and a Myajima Shalabi cartridge. My phono stage is it he one in my Atma-Sphere MP-3 preamp. Upgrade fever has taken hold and I am thinking of getting a Triplaner tonearm. I do have dual arm boards on my Woodsong. I understand that the Triplaner would be a significant upgrade. However, since I am fairly new to analog, it has been a steep learning curve. Such a big investment is in question since I don’t completely understand how much of an improvement a significantly better arm would be. Any advise would be appreciated.
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You should consider a conversation with Tri at Triplaner- it’s a tight community and while I have not heard of your cart on that arm ( I am assuming you are looking at the new 12” carbon fiber ? ) , if somebody is running it Tri will most likely know. and audio is a system especially transducers and dynamic components- so “ better “ is a myopic simple viewpoint. And yes, I own a Triplaner and a Lyra a known combination that yields excellent results. enjoy your search @mulveling gave you excellent advice |
The Ortofon RS-309D is a very good tonearm. That being said I just upgraded to an Ikeda IT 407 CR1. It was a distinct upgrade from the Ortofon. Currently using it on my Garrard 301 in a Woodsong plinth with an Ikeda cartridge. I have not owned a Triplaner tonearm so I can't help with any thoughts on that. |
I would look into the Origin selection of tonearms. Whatever price range you can afford. https://www.originlive.com/hi-fi/tonearm/ |
Dear @mglik : @mulveling is rigth. Now, what do you not like abot the quality performance of your cartridge paIRED WITH THAT VERY GOOD TONEARM? Been a removable headshell design you can change the tonearm/cartridge " signature " changing and testing different headshells of different headshell build materials and weigth even its shape and you can upgrade too the headshell wires for a better ones and this makes a difference for the better always. Other up-grade you can do is to rewire the ortofon internal wiring for this one: https://www.zavfino1877.com/4litz3ag-pure-silver-tonearm-re-wire-kit and you know wnever hat: TriplaNAR CAN'T TOUCH THAT UP-GRADED oRTOFON, YOU WILL HAVE A 10k TONEARM. Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
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