@noromance
The friction of the bearings, which is very important, in current Jelco has never dropped below 20/25 mg. indeed, to be precise, the tonearm 850 has even worse values than 30mg. (values equal to or similar to bearings from 30/40 years ago) while bearing technology has made great strides.
I think Jelco has lain too far and is resting on the fame it has deservedly built; the manufacturer is lazy and does not want to commit himself to making innovative arms but they always appear the same for many years identical to those built for other brands.
So why is the 850 better than the Sumiko FT3?
The friction of the bearings, which is very important, in current Jelco has never dropped below 20/25 mg. indeed, to be precise, the tonearm 850 has even worse values than 30mg. (values equal to or similar to bearings from 30/40 years ago) while bearing technology has made great strides.
I think Jelco has lain too far and is resting on the fame it has deservedly built; the manufacturer is lazy and does not want to commit himself to making innovative arms but they always appear the same for many years identical to those built for other brands.
So why is the 850 better than the Sumiko FT3?