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-...
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-...
