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Tonearm recommendation

Hello all,
Recently procured a Feickert Blackbird w/ the Jelco 12 inch tonearm.
The table is really good, and its a keeper. The Jelco is also very good, but not as good as my Fidelity Research FR66s. So the Jelco will eventually hit Ebay, and the question remains do I keep the FR66s or sell that and buy something modern in the 5-6 K range. My only point of reference is my old JMW-10 on my Aries MK1, so I don't know how the FR66s would compare to a modern arm. So I'd like to rely on the collective knowledge and experience of this group for a recommendation.

Keep the FR66s, or go modern in the 5-6K range, say a Moerch DP8 or maybe an SME.

Any and all thoughts and opinions are of course much appreciated.

Cheers,      Crazy Bill
wrm0325
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halcro
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Crazy Bill,
We should all have friends like you do...😜
You have a great arm and in the future, with its detachable headshell....you may like to explore other cartridge options.
For now at least....do what Harry suggests and drive a car or even better....Enjoy the Music.

Regards

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halcro
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LOL Fleib.....

wrm0325 OP
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" flieb "
" Who unleashed the Kraken ? "
Couldn't have said it any better.
well done.
I won't respond to his gibberish in the hopes he just goes away.
There are some other things  I wish to address, but it will have to wait until  later on, as the NFC title game is about to begin.

Cheers for now,                        Crazy Bill
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halcro
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You know, during my Audiophile Turntable Bedlam phase - I found differences between idler, belt, thread and DD in my room.
And you don't find that concerning?
Please explain to me what a cartridge knows about 'drive-type'?
boxer12
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john tracy,
Not on topic but...What phono do you have that beat the sonic frontier? Just curious, I've been thinking about replacing mine at some point.

crazy bill,
Thanks for the topic, very entertaining.  
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