Only the inner null is close to Stevenson. The outer null is exactly Loefgren B.
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
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
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Lewm, Is this UNI like using 2 protractors? Seems to me no individual protractor can align for both Stevenson on the inner and Loefgren on the outer. Regards, |
Dietrich’s UNIProtractor, which I also use, is set up to align to his UNI Din standard which was discussed earlier in this thread. The UNIProtractor is a very accurate system but does rely upon being able to align with the tonearm pivot very accurately, while this can be performed very easily on arms like a Kairos which has a defined pivot point it can be much harder on an SME IV say where the precise pivot point is hard to spot A review of the current iteration of this tool is here http://www.theaudiobeat.com/blog/smartractor.htm |
Now that I think about it, I asked a dumb question. Of course a single set up protractor can have any 2 nulls drawn or etched on it. I was thinking from the standpoint of protractor with a single standard alignment, hence the question. Is that Audio Beat a review or a marketing business? Probably both. Gregory did a nice sales job with only a deception or two, but the only thing that really interests me is the UNI-P2S, and he only mentioned it. Follow the link and you have to download. It's probably a fancy Dennesen tonearm locator, just as all these alignment grid/pivot pointer protractors are based on the SoundTractor, only they're better. Thanks for the link Folkfreak. Those Dertonearms look interesting. A little pricey maybe. Regards, |
Yes, the UNI is "pricey". My only beef about cost is that, at that cost, it does not allow measurement of P2S with any accuracy. When I brought this up, after purchase, I was offered the opportunity to buy an accessory which fills that void. However, the additional cost of that accessory was half again as much as that of the UNI. I demurred. I subsequently "inherited" a Feickert alignment jig, which has a well calibrated arm for accurate measurement of P2S. That's what I use now. In subsequent versions of his protractor, DT seems to have rectified this deficiency while also reducing cost. The UNI was his first go at designing a protractor, evidently. Still, in all, he thought of every other aspect of the problem in designing the UNI. Nice work. Fleib, It's not an arc protractor; it's more like the Dennesen, of which I also am an owner for the past 3 decades. But to say that the UNI is like the Dennesen is to say that a Ferrari is like a Miata. |
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