Funny, I think the juxtaposition of the wood table and polished aluminum arm with wire gantry would be way cool! But then I like the steam punk look.
I need a fitting/appropriate tonearm for my Teres 340
I have a Teres 340 with an Origin Live Illustrious 3 tonearm. This was to be a "temporary" arm til I could do better. But hey, It sounds pretty darn good. Though it sounds good as is, I think the TT deserves a better arm than the OL Illustrious. Maybe I'm being snobbish. Wifey says it sounds great. Leave it alone. But My heart says the Teres needs a better mate I have a Benz Ebony L cartridge. I've consideried the OL Conquerer which is a step up. But It has no azimuth adjustment. The Reed is an interesting arm which has my attention. The 2 P has azimuth adj. But the 2 A doesn't. There are several Reeds on the market. Would rather have the 3 series. But the 2 is a stretch at this point. Any reed owners that would recommend it over others in the price range? Is the Reed a good match for the Teres 340. Unfortunately I have a limited budget and these seem to be withing the budget. I've seen a few SME V but I'm not sure they are a right fit.. Haven't seen a TriPlanar in some time. Still not sure its the right fit either. Then there is the Pete Riggle arm which may be good but the looks are not that good IMO.. Thoughts?
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nrenter, Does Chris still make the tonearms? I emailed him a few months ago when I had a slight problem and he was helpful in getting it resolved. Bearing just needed an oil change. He said he was still in business but to a much smaller scale. There is really nothing on his site. Did you get the Versus motor from him prior to his closing down shop? Or have him make the motor as a custom Item after? It is the rim drive isn't it? The only problem I have with the OL arms is their lack of adjustment. The Illustrious sounds good. It was speculated that this was the best bang per buck arm for OL. But there is a lot of good reviews on all of them. I remember when Teres had a list of recommended arms for their TT's. OL was on the list. Schroeder and Triplanar. But not SME IIRC. Again, the Pete Riggle arm is interesting and has all the adjustments one could want. He might even be able to make one out of cocobolo or ebony or something which would match the table. Western red cedar is the wood of choice because of the best specs according to Pete. Reed agrees. Here's an article from Reed. http://www.reed.lt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58:wood-vs-the-rest-testing-... |
Dear @artemus_5 : OL tonearm are good tonearms and in reality you are not dissapointed from it. Maybe makes more sense to do a change for a different cartridge. I like BM but inside its line are better models and out side there are several alternatives that can gives you a better system quality performance using the same OL tonearm. You can put on sale your cartridge and changing it will be a real up-grade in your system. Well, a change in cartridge is always a good alternative against a tonearm, especially because you are " satisfied " with. Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
Interesting concept Raul. I know you are much more experienced with tonearms and cartridges than I am. I think I am satisfied with the cartridge and have felt the weak spot to be the arm...IF there is a weak spot. I did see a Zyx Airy 1000 G with SB which may be in my price range. Will it outshine the Benz? IIUC, the Ebony L is only bested by the Ebony LPs. Maybe I'm wrong. Then I know the Zyx are very well thought of. I haven't checked the used section. Sometimes there are good buys there. Thanks |
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