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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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chakster
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Let’s talk about tonearms

@rauliruegas as could you please explain me what is the real advantage of boron EPA-100 MK2 over classic titanium EPA 100 based on your experience with both ?
lewm
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Fleib, Sounds like you've had far too much coffee already.  Try decaf.
acman3
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"My intent is to get him booted from this forum for unethical behavior "

Only if you berate Raul enough to get him to lose it. Great goal.
fleib
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All right Ladies, calm down. 

Lew, I had no idea you drank tea out of Waterford china with your pinky in the air.

Aceman, I assume you're familiar with the fallacy of quoting out of context, in order to let me preach. Smart move, but I'm not a preacher. For those unfamiliar, read the rest of my post and see how much I've done and the importance I give this matter.

Interesting post Kirkus. I used to have a Miles record on Columbia that came within about 5mm of the label. I say used to, because I lost it in a storage place flood in '95 which I refer to as the Great Flood - 1400 records approx. Shit happens. I have/had a few more which went beyond the lead out groove, but nothing like that one.

Like I said, I'll be moving on, but I might be reading.  Titanium or Boron?

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rauliruegas
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Dear chakster: EPA 100 or MK2?, that's a hard call because both are almost the same design in all but the build material.

For good reasons boron was choosed and the favorite material for cartridge cantilevers and from this perpective the MK2 coukld be the better, however I can't remember remarkable differences in its quality performance.

Perhaps what we have to take in count are its own customer facilities, the MK2 VTA/SRA on the fly is ( IMHO ) the best mechanism ever made like a dream to use it, the output connectors are RCA type and I prefer it over the DIN Pin 5 because today we have very good RCA connectors and other factors is the difference in the tonearm internal wiring. Of course that always exist the felling of be a proudly owner of a MK2 but any one with the EPA 100 can be prodly also.

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.




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