Why is the price of new tonearms so high

Perrew
that pic is rather misleading.
There would **always** be a counterweight, never not spring only... at least I've not come across a spring only arm.
(Can't see how this even could be made to work.)

To make my point look at: http://www.zenn.com.sg/FR64as.JPG

Cheers,
Axel

heck! never *not* spring only = never spring only...

Dear Axel, of course - you need the counterweight to balance the tonearm.
Now we have the state of balanced.
Dynamically balanced means ............. no, I think this belongs to someone else to clarify.
My knowledge is too limited - we have other experts on theoretical physical details in tonearm design.
Cheers,
D.

Hey D.
it was our dear friend: Perrew, asking that CW related question, by (I guess) looking at a dismantled arm pic sans CW, OK :-)

Yes thats true but I was using the picture to argue that the spring would result in zero moment as opposed to the static which uses the CW to hold the needle down, but as I said dont know if this is important.