12-1/2" arm. NewArtVinyl Black Bird. Yea or Nay?

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I don't see any anti-skate on the black widow. am I missing something?

I think there is a tube gauge that inserts into the pillar to set the anti skate on the Black Widow.

The front tube underneath the main arm tube is where you set the antiskate if memory serves me correctly.

thanks for the suggested alternates,

but it's a search for a long arm, (not the JVC 7082). my Lustre GST-801 solves my 9" arm.

the Black Bird 12.5" length is what got my attention. IF straight, then long!
And, work with my high compliance cartridges.

then, I like the physics chosen, and the production video is pretty convincing.

Haven’t seen any long arm for high compliance cartridges, to keep the mass as low as possible (and still rigid) designers normally using a 9.5 size.

There was a nice Audio Craft tonearms back in the 70’s/80s with removable arm tubes, there was a light mass tube for high compliance cartridges as far as i know (it was straight).

Audio Craft AC-3300 and long AC-4400 (both are very expensive)

the earlier cheaper version is AC3000 ltd unipivot