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Tri-Planar Vll "SE Upgrade"

Contemplating  sending my Tri-Planar Vll back to Tri Mai for his "SE Upgrade". Essentially, same carbon fiber wand and internal silver wire and leads used in his 12" U12 arm. Anybody done the dirty deed?  If so, better, worse or pretty much the same. 

I've only seen one post on the subject and that person seemed more than happy.

Thanks to anyone who responds with personal experience.  No conjecture please. 
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salectric
755 posts
 
Peter,

That sounds like a good idea.  Stability is always important.  I noticed your Triplanar still has the damping trough.  If you are not actually using the trough, you should try removing it from the arm.  I did that a number of years ago and was surprised by the improvement in sound quality.  It was too long ago for me to recall the specifics but it was an easily noticeable improvement. 
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pbnaudio
1,613 posts
 
Salectric,

Thanks for the suggestion - but the U12 has the armrest mounted to the damper through, were the earlier versions different ?


Good Listening

Peter
salectric
755 posts
 
Yes, the damping trough was removable on the VII without affecting the armrest.  I didn't realize that had changed.
tri-planar
3 posts
 
Hello All,
Thank you Peter at PBN Audio for confirming our measurement.
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tzh21y
1,654 posts
 
From my experiences, I would actually believe nandric's comments as many newer arms just do not seem to track as well as the higher mass arms for some reason.  I have heard it myself.  I have heard medium mass arms mistrack many records and then here the same records on a mission mechanic arm and they track perfectly.  I have never heard a FR-64s but it is a high mass arm, just like the mission mechanic.
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