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

They're extensively improved now. Even little things like the arm rest and lifter. They should add vernier marks on the VTA adjuster. Works fine, just have to DIY if you want that, which is not at all hard to do. My favorite is they added a little threaded counterweight that makes it a whole lot easier to fine tune VTF. Plus a lot of little visual style type improvements.

You are right about the sword cutting both ways. My first arm was the Graham 2.0 and it had a slew of really awesome features, most all of which I later came to realize detract from performance at least as much as they deliver. But that was Graham. There is always room to do things better, and the devil is in the details. 

Feel free to call or email any time. Love to know how this works out for you.

That’s funny….my “temporary” tonearm on my Teres was an OL Silver (finally upgraded to an OL Enterprise after 15 years). 

@nrenter 

Iirc OL was one of the recommended arm for the Teres. Congratulations on the Enterprise. I kick myself for allowing one to slip by me last year. But finding info for that arm is also near impossible. Fwiw I now realize just how good the OL is. Yes, the Triplanar is a better arm in every area. But the Illustrious 3a is much closer in sound quality to the TP than it should be considering it's price.. It's easy to see why I kept it so long. Still, I'm glad I got the TP. More of everything and almost fun to setup. And that is the problem with the OL line. Anyway good hearing from you. Enjoy the TT. I'm sure the Enterprise is a fine arm. Would love to try one myself.

I swore up and down I’d never buy another OL tonearm, but one presented itself at the right time, in the right configuration (DIN detachable tonearm cable), at the right price (stupid low). I’m quite pleased with it - I never thought I’d own such a nice tone arm. That TP am is super sexy! Congrats!!

What is so hard to set up? Mine dropped in, turn one nut finger tight, done. Minutes.