Looking for tonearm inspiration
Dynavector DRT XV-1s rebuilt/are tipped. Odd as it may seem, there was no tonearm with the turntable. I have yet to identify what the phono stage, but listening so far suggest a Sutherland Loco (still open to alternatives). There must be many out there that have had experience with the SME 20/12 turntable and perhaps a few that have had experience with the SME/Dynavector combination. Can you suggest a tonearm that had some magic for you with either bit of gear? Wide range of music: Rock, Jazz, Female Vocal and a bit of Opera from time to time.
Dear @chilli42 : If you do not pull yet the triger for the tonearm then you can add to your alternatives this one that’s really good : https://www.originlive.com/hi-fi/tonearm/high-end-tonearm-enterprise/ R. |
chilli42, leave all that other junk behind and get yourself a Schroder LT. If you can't afford that one I suggest the Schroder CB. Otherwise the Triplanar , 4 point and Reed arms are excellent followed by Origin Live arms. SME's are no longer available. Other arms are just iterations of the same old tired design. rauliruegas, who singed your back side? I understood Atmasphere just fine. I did not under stand you. You need to get some Maalox and relax. |
@mijostyn : here people say: " even what you don't eated makes you sick " Good for you to support some one that has not any single fact that can prove his words that degraded the SME extremely well regarded " name ". : " SME deals with the reliability issue by having physically larger bearings. So their arms tend to have more friction.."" R. |
All that is nice rauliruegas but you can't get an SME without a turntable now so it is a mute issue. But having handled both arms the Triplanar does have better bearings and it is a more intelligent design than any SME arm. The vertical bearing is in the plane of the record and you can draw a line from the center of the cartridge through the vertical bearing right through the middle of the counter weight. It is a neutral balance arm while the SME is a static balance arm. Neutral balance is always better. The Schroder CB is another example of a neutral balance arm. Having the vertical bearing in the plane of the record greatly reduces warp wow. Even if the Triplaner had inferior bearings to the SME it would still be the superior arm. besides old guys like Atmasphere an I have to stick together. Plus I'm hoping to get a deal on one of his amps some day:) |
