He said,"The arm's $21,500 price may be steep, but once you see the 5T in operation it becomes an object of desire. It performed flawlessly during the review period."
You will also notice that Mikey has a problem with reading instructions and almost destroyed the arm's power supply. He also neglected to turn the arm on and was going to report that it sounded awful.
He thought his SAT arm had better bass (which I bet would improve with a higher EF wand) He thought the Reed performed better at the end of the record than the SAT arm. He mentioned that he would like to try the Reed on his table. His only negative comments were on bottom end performance and a poor instruction manual. He was using an Ortofon Century which is a low compliance cartridge. It requires a relatively heavy arm and I suspect the Reed's EF was too low for it which will kill the low bass.
You will also notice that Mikey has a problem with reading instructions and almost destroyed the arm's power supply. He also neglected to turn the arm on and was going to report that it sounded awful.
He thought his SAT arm had better bass (which I bet would improve with a higher EF wand) He thought the Reed performed better at the end of the record than the SAT arm. He mentioned that he would like to try the Reed on his table. His only negative comments were on bottom end performance and a poor instruction manual. He was using an Ortofon Century which is a low compliance cartridge. It requires a relatively heavy arm and I suspect the Reed's EF was too low for it which will kill the low bass.