Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms

Well, Mr. Mak did definitely a very good job. I did expect an improvement but never thought how much better the Arm will be. For me, my Arm was a very good performer and now it is better than just excellent. From all points of view, soundstage, detail, focus, body, physical force …. Everything went up to an unheard level. A View into the Performance like Tangential Arms but without their flaws (grip on notes, low register, body, bass, Gestalt…) and i reduced my volume knob a bit. This is because all details are more present now and i can listen to everything with reduced volume, because i can hear all former details in a new, very impressive, natural listening - mesmerizing- Performance. Tracks signal like Radar …It was a King before and went more than a step up….(What a sonic earthquake it has been when it was launched many, many years ago … it still gives a run to most modern Arms today)
Would do it again.

Syntax,

Glad your experience was positive, my outcome mirrors yours. Rick is not only an analog enthusiast- but he is highly skilled and meticulous with these refurbishments.

He has re-worked dozens of arms in just the last few months since finishing mine and probably hundreds in his lifetime. 

The FR lives on for another 40-50 years!

Sounds like it was a worthwhile refurb.  Enjoy your "new" arm.

Noob question here, FR64 vs FR64s, my understanding is the 64 internal wiring is copper vs the 64s silver, and the s stands for stainless steel, hence the 64 is made out of aluminum.Is it worth to replace the internal wiring on the FR-64 with silver? is it even worth it to sell the FR-64 and get (they are scarce I know) an FR-64s?Thank you

-64s is copper if you don’t have a sticker on the armtube with "silver wire" words.

-64 is different (much cheaper) tonearm.

64fx can be silver wired too, but there must be a sticker if it’s silver.

You can always look for Ikeda IT-345 tonearm from the 90s for use without any upgrade, rewiring and all that sh...

The FR-64fx and its mkII version from the 80s are great too and not so old as the 64s from the 70s.