TT, 12" Tonearm. Who tried and ended up preferring 12" arm?

Elliot, the poly table Super 12 with a 12" Jelco arm is a great choice as long as you are using a fairly low compliance cartridge certainly less than 15 um/mN. Something like an Ortofon 2M Black will suffer greatly in that arm. The are a lot of MC cartridges below 15 and Sound Smith makes cartridges with very low compliance just for arms like this. 

Mijo.
Elliot bought a Victor TT-81 cw ua-7082 arm already......

Hence the last few posts have mostly centered around the attributes of the 7045 and 7082 arms.

I have no doubt the Poly Super 12 is a mighty fine table though.

Hi Everyone.

I cancelled the purchase amicably. That deck, and arm was not in great shape.

I’ve got my eye on one in Canada, the counterweight rubber was just restored, everything looks in better shape. See the last 2 photos he added

https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649553719-victor-jvc-tt-81-direct-drive-quartz-lock-turntable-with-long-victor-ua-7082-tonearm/

That 2 arm base is HUGE. 565mm w x 508mm d x 202mm h. (22-1/4w x 20d x 8h).

Once I realized how big, I have to rethink where it and other equipment will go, probably need to spend money to solve all that, .....
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Question:

IF I go for a TT81 with single long 7082 arm, does the smaller base have the same layered construction as the big CL-P2 base? The CL-P2, on some, looking closely, you can see the layers on the front edge, the smaller base, no layers are revealed, perhaps covered by veneer. Confusing.

I am so behind on Christmas,

The rubber for counterweight isolation is a great idea, however, it does break down, I had to restore the rubber in my SME 3009.

Elliott.
Sounds like you are doing your homework and due diligence, very commendable.
I did see that one on Audiomart and it does look to be in nice shape and includes a step down transformer ( even though he says step up, lol)

Unfortunately some of the items exported from Japan can show some corrosion due to the high humidity and if they have been stored in a warehouse or store room for some time. You do have to be careful.

Yes rubber does degrade in the enviroment due to chemicals and reactions to such , unless you live in a clean room that is!

And yes that two arm base IS HUGE and heavy! I only just squeezed it into the space the TT-71 had been with barely mm to spare. I do not know if the smaller single arm base is constructed in the same fashion though.

Good luck if you decide to pull the trigger on the Audiomart item!