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Merry Christmas to Me.....New tonearm on the way

I got back into vinyl in the very early 2000's. Great time for buying records after buying into the perfect sound forever in the 80's. Sometime later I bought my Teres 340, which was a far reach in my pocket. Since i spent all the $$$ on a good TT, I had to buy a temporary  tonearm. Enter the Origin Live Illustrious 3. However that was 12-14 yrs ago . The TT sounds so good that I just upgraded other parts of the system without thought to the tonearm.

I have been on the hunt for a tonearm for about 6 months now. I finally pulled the trigger on a TriPlanar Mk Vii which  was just updated to the latest specs. it should be here tomorrow. Hopefully this will be the final piece of a puzzle which has taken a long time.

That said, many tweaks have been done previously to the system and more to go. My system has never sounded better. But I suspect the TriPlanar will take it up even further. But I still great respect for the OL arms

 

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jperry
2,448 posts
 

Congrats on the new tonearm. One of my best upgrades was a tonearm upgrade.

larryi
3,997 posts
 

The Triplanar looks like a terrific addition to your system.  I have only seen heard that arm in unfamiliar systems. but, I know it is a favorite among very serious vinyl fanatics and it is certainly a well-built arm.  

big_greg
6,632 posts
 

Congrats!  Looking forward to hearing your impressions once you have it set up.

testpilot
939 posts
 

Congrats.  Great arm, well proven winner

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artemus_5 OP
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@millercarbon 

I hear you. I agree, the OL is a fantastic arm, especially for its price point. I kick myself for passing up an Enterprise last year. But...oh well.I will let you know my assessment of the TriPlanar

@axpert 

Please don't  take for granted that everyone is a newbie. I bought my 1st record when I was 8-10 yrs old. I'm now 70. That doesn't mean I cant still learn something. But I have set up a few arms and have all the tools to do so. 

As to cleaning, I have a vacuum for about 20 yrs and also a ultrasonic RC. So I have those bases covered also. I'm not sure if I have those listed in my system, so you may not have access to that info

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