Teres vs VPI, SME, Origin Live, etc.

Just imagine if Romy the Cat and Raul were both posting on the same thread!

I don't think I could wrap my brain around that thought!

Whats the matter Raul, didn't your daddy pay enough attention to you while you were physically growing up?
Or is it more complicated than that?

Hi Raul,
You've posted in the past that the Graham 1.5 and its upgrades are just over-priced, mis-engineered knockoffs of the Audiocraft arm. I agree.

So I assume you're just trying to encourage a fuller discussion. Okay.

Tonearm wire/cable
The Schroeders (and TriPlanar) have single runs of wire. The Graham has multiple breaks and connections, and some of those connections are quite poor. Breaks in any signal path are electrical roadblocks of course. When the signal level is this low such roadblocks become audible. Neither a cartridge change nor any other change short of a hard rewire could alter this fundamental weakness of the Graham design.

Cartridge matching
The ZYX's are an excellent mass/compliance match for a Graham. 9-11 Hz in both modes.

Other cartridges
No one's heard everything, but we have also listened to Koetsu's and Shelters. Same result every time, with every group: the Schroeder wins unanimously.

Sometimes better is better.

I've always thought that Raul and Romy were one in the same.

Dear Lugnut: I think that you only " read " but don't understand any thing about my post.

I write about the phono cartridges and your answer is about tonearms. You are talking about a different subject, maybe this is why you speak about my " twisted logic ".

BTW, why " twisted logic " ? can you explain ?

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.