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Dear Thomas,
I may be wrong, but the cartridge in the Triplanar was a MySonicLab, which isn't cheaper, but more expensive than the Dyna XV-1s(certainly true when you compare the "street" prices).
The DaVinci was used with a Dyna XX-2, less expensive than the XV-1s, but mechanically and sound-balance wise a better match than the XV-1s(IMHO).
The Tron Seven was an unknown entity even to me(though I've known Graham Tricker's excellent work for many years)and it too isn't more expensive than the Klyne or the Pass XONO which were the other partnering phonostages(all depending upon the export markets in question).
Only the Jelco arm with a Denon DL103 plus the Whest phonostage can be considered of "lesser" quality(but not bad by any means...) and cost.
Again, these were Mr. Woschniks choices, not mine.... ;-)

All the best,

Frank

Frank, yes, I got a mail from Mr. Woschnick about the Set Ups, I will copy it here for info:
Triplanar + My Sonic Lab + Xono
Schröder SQ + XV1S + Tron Seven
Da Vinci + XX2 + Whest Audio P20
Jelco Vivid 2 + DL 103R + Klyne 6 Phono

all the best
Thomas

Having spoken w. Thomas Woschnick several times about the differences in tonearms I can state that he will mention what he likes & dislikes. He won't come out & say what is better. I chose the Schroder based on certain design aspects that made it a best choice for me. I already own a 12 inch arm so I opted away from the Davinci which isn't inexpensive. He did mention the Schroder can be difficult to setup if you don't know what you are doing. To that extent he felt if it wasn't setup correctly other arms would outperform it. I am lucky to be purchasing an SQ which from what I have read should have resolved many of the setup problems. In addition I should have some help from Thomas seting it up. All I can say is I remember when I had my SME V w. my Condor perfectly setup & how I have never been able to get there again. At that time it had the most incredible bass. Now I am too focused on the Dynavector & listening to music to perfect the Condor setup.

Thomas is advocating the Tron Seven phono stage. He has mentioned it to be truly special with the XV-1s. He also mentioned other phono stages to benefit the Eminent (which initially prior to break in of the XV-1s I loved above all others) while the Tron was better with the XV-1s. This only goes on to show that it is all about total system synergy as advocated here.

As for the Tron, I am tempted by this phono stage but am confused by many design principles in various phono stages. I have heard great things about Shindo & am also very concerned about using any form of step-up transformer. I have heard some members here know more about this but that should be saved for another thread.

Hi Frank, I fear I might have put words in Thomas' mouth, but i wish I'd been to Frankfurt to hear the 4 arms. I gather there was another interesting turntable demo with blind people doing the listening honors.

Dgad, I had the Tron Seven in for a couple of weeks and its an excellent phonostage. I could hear no problems to do with step ups, far from it. In my set up with several cartridges it had a very full bodied, big sound and seductive. Not quite the detail of the TEAD Groove Plus, but fuller and very involving. Another one to look out for is the new Viva, with seperate 300b valve power supply. I heard that recently and was v. impressed.

Ebarker2,

I read you review of the Tron Seven. It was very appealing. I owned a Groove that I thought was excellent except for the inability to adjust it for different cartridges. I am also curious about the new VTL phono stage. It will be without a SUT.

I just got an email from Thomas about his latest "great" cartridge combination. It is one of many so realize there are many great combinations. I don't want to quote him directly without his permission but he mentioned that sound is a personal thing & that what he often likes or dislikes might be different from others. He also mentioned that it is system dependant. Thomas does not like sound where bass is sacrificed in the least for midrange or treble. He also refrences "live sound" as his goal.

PS, one of his phono stages aside from the Tron Seven is the Pass Xono.