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Looking for tonearm inspiration

I just bought a used SME 20/12 turntable that is about 15 years old.  I also had a used 

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.


chilli42
billwojo
397 posts
 
I'd take a Pro version of the FR64/66fx if the price was right. Yup mijostyn, I'd even put a old chisel  monster on it. LOLJust depends on what your looking for.

BillWojo

rauliruegas
13,129 posts
 
Dear Dover : I don't owned the Scintillas and only was an example and from what I remember about it does not sounds auwful. Things could be that you are a tube audiophile and remember that we are talking of the Dr3-VHC ampp that was designed to many years ago and certainly not up to the quality performance levels of more comporany amplifiers.

Please don't have a any doubt that if I know something is about MUSIC sound, Period.

Btw, with which amps you experienced lovely sound through the Scintillas and with which kind of music and at around which SPLs?, thank's in advance.

Btw, the top Apogee really " dance " and I don't know why Apogee disappears, pity.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.
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atmasphere
12,116 posts
 
@billwojo : atmasphere started about.
R.
This statement is false. Res ipsa loquitur when one is willing to contradict their self in order to make someone else wrong.

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chakster
6,144 posts
 
@dover

Not a mystery at all. "Pro users" refers to radio stations, DJ’s etc where they use cartridges tracking at high tracking weights. The higher the tracking weight the less important antiskate is.

For home use the anti-skating must be set up equal to tracking force (less for advanced profiles). At least this is a basic recommendation, following this advice, if the tracking force is 2g then the anti-skating is about 2g too. If the tracking force is 1g then anti-skating is also about 1g. The higher the tracking force the higher the anti-skating? No?

For home use I’ve seen (and owned) only one tonearm without anti-skating, it was Schick "12 inch.

Why IKEDA removed the anti-skating from his PRO version of 64fx ?
The armlift also not there, it is a PRO tonearm for manual operation only.





rauliruegas
13,129 posts
 
Dear @knollbrent  : "  FR64fx is one of my favorites too..." 

Along the other FR and the 345 you own all FR/ikeda are perhaps the worst qualituy performance tonearm design ever ( yes, it looks fine but at least me I don't buy because the " look ".), I owned both FR and Ikeda ones.

Problem is that those designs are undamped/way resonant and second are balanced designs and just rings as a " bell " using a non-adequated mechanism to set the VTF ( @billwojo . )

You said you own the Lustre GST 801 that it's a balanced design using a rigth mechanism to set the VTF, this has a name: engineering and knowledge levels that Ikeda just has not or forgot it.

You own good vintage tonearms ( but the FR/Ikeda ) but instead of that PUA-7 you need the Sony PUA-237/282 and you don't own yet the best vintage tonearm ever: MAX 237/282.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.


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