Dohmann table and Schroeder just terrific although I only heard the first gen table. I don’t know about the second gen. I almost bought gen 1 but money was a little tight at the time.
Kuzma 4 Point Tonearm
I am thinking of purchasing the Kuzma 4 Point tonearm to mount on a TechDas lll Premium TT. I have read every review I could find but would like to hear from anyone who actually uses one. Please share your experiences in set up and use. One final note I have considered the 9” version but like the ease of changing VTA on the 4 Point.
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The Kuzma 4P is a very soft sounding Arm, good for slow music with nearly no dynamic swings or for very analytic sounding Systems. When you want to push the reproduction to a "bite" you need an extremely sharp cartridge, like Coldfinger, Air Tight or vdH. The majority of carts sound more or less in a way that there are no real differences. It makes the choice of carts pretty simple. Maybe a Transfiguration is overall a very good balance with that Arm, it is worth a try. |
@syntax Interesting feedback about the Kuzma 4P. The Kuzma 4P is one of the arms I am looking to add to my system, but, as I get tidbits such as this, it’s slowly becoming less of a contender. Not wanting to derail the 4P discussion, but, Do you have any alternative tonearm recommendations for the OP and community at large? Specifically, ones that are not soft sounding and can play any types of music with reasonable quality besides just slow music? I think this would be of value to the OP and community at large. Thanks. |
We ran the 4-point at one of the last T.H.E. Shows in Las Vegas (showing with Sound Lab) and got Best Sound at Show from Dick Olsher. I played Massive Attack and a good number of other cuts that put any system through its paces and the 4 Point handled it all with ease. If looking for another arm of similar caliber the Triplanar is an obvious choice; I think its actually a better arm but clearly both are excellent. |
Have installed several Kuzma 4 point 14 and a single 4 point 11. To me they are very robust sounding arms, lots of weight to the sound. We used a 4P14 at the last show we did. https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2019/06/23/pbn-audio-does-it-all-t-h-e-show-2019/ You should look into Origin Live too, currently I use, among others, a Enterprise C, this arm use a similar vertical bearing technique. Good Listening Peter |
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