Looking for tonearm inspiration

anyone running a Denon 401 ?

me, and it’s the best denon tonearm for high compliance cartridges in my opinion @tomic601

I use it myself on my Luxman PD-444 and I always recommend this arm to a friends as "best buy", here is the system I put together for a friend with this DA-401 tonearm. Soon I will put together another Technics SP-20 with Denon DA-401 for my local friend, the plinth will be different (custom made).

P.S. Any tonearm with open silicone bath (like those overpriced Micro Seiki MAX series) is BS in my opinion, I hate those KAB fluid dampers made for Technics tonearms because they are collect dust all the time! In a month it will be a sticky bath full of dust screwed to your tonearm. 

Right on Chakster. If a cartridge is properly matched to the tonearm damping is not required. It is just a messy proposition. The only time you really need it is with linear trackers that do not have a mechanized carriage Like the Kuzma Air line. There is no way you can match any cartridge to the high horizontal mass. If you do not want your cartridge bouncing from one side of the groove to the other damping is essential. 
Personally, you are better off with a pivoted arm. If you want a linear tracker check out the Schroder LT or the Reed 5T.

If a cartridge is properly matched to the tonearm damping is not required. It is just a messy proposition.

This is the one thing about the Triplanar that I don't like. I never use the damping trough, nor have I ever seen it used by Triplanar at audio shows. I imagine someone might have a use for it; I removed the troughs on my Triplanars; its nice to imagine that it sounds better for doing so.

If you were going to put something like an old  V15 you might need it. Cartridges that compliant are rare now a days. Perhaps the troughs ring.
I would take them off also. I just don't like miscellaneous junk hanging from my tone arm. Frank Schroder won't even put an arm rest on his arms. He thinks they sound bad. You just rest the arm on the lift. 

Dear @billwojo : The mechanism to set up the VTF on all FR tonearm is a mysery and develops a lot of distortions to our beloved cartridge signal.

Look, with all respect Mr. Ikeda or has a very low knowledge levels as tonearm designer or just does not cares about but caRES ONLY ON BUSINES$.

In cartridges is the same but the cantilever less LOMC cartridges as the REX 9.
His more regarded by audiophiles were th the series integrated headshell 7s ( including 702. ) but you know something that design is a monolitic one where you can't change Azymuth even if you need it, you can't change the overhang even if you need it and you are married with the very old internally headshell wires and that design very well regarded by like here with poor knowledge levels.
I was one of them because I owned at least 3 models including the 702 till I learned.

People like more distortions than true MUSIC. Pity and pity that some audiophiles never learn on the critical and important audio issues.

R.