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Is it worth this tonearm?

Hi folks,

I have been slowly upgrading my analog playback and have come to the final decision, which tonearm? Through Mehran, who is a fine gentleman, I have been able to aquire the Amazon referenze TT and the Atmos ZYX cartridge.

Lastly I must decide on tonearms. Tripanar or Moerch DP6. The combo of the triplanar and ZYX has been well documented and from my research, Moerch and ZYX less so. I suppose what I am wondering is the Triplanar worth the extra funds? Will I have that much more satisfaction over the Moerch?

I will say, I listen mostly to rock, blues, jazz. Also, I am not the type that is going to play around with the arm much. Once I get it tuned in, which I don't mind spending time doing, I do not want to fiddle around much, like say changing the VTA between a 180 gram record and a normal record. I'm more of a get it right, set it and let her play.

Thanks for any input and guidance.

Peter
mariasplunge
nickt
172 posts
 
My friend owns the Graham Phantom and I own the Triplanar, both on a Teres table. Both arms are very very good.
From what we could tell, the Graham is more laid back and musical, but the Triplanar is faster and is more dynamic. So for rock the Triplanar is probably a better choice.
Sorry I dont have any experience w/ the Moerch.
Nick
hiradi
25 posts
 
The older model Triplanar I owned for a few years and from all the pivoted arms I have owned ,that would be the one I would buy again...superbly built and "rock" solid...I am now lucky enough to have ZYX's best cartridge in the AirTangent linear tracker,which I bought after the Triplanar...the Morch-6 I have heard in a friends system and it is a very nice underrated tonearm...the built and the feel is not as good as the Triplanar...for instance ,the gold plating was coming off in places...however,it is a lot cheaper and VERY musical...
hope this helps...the Triplanar arm ,IMO,can only be beaten by something like the Aussie pivoted arms,the Cobra or Copperhead from Continium...
Greetings from down under
Helmut
mariasplunge OP
174 posts
 
Thanks for your help and encouragement folks. Always appreciated. Hows winter down there Helmut?

Cheers
stltrains
845 posts
 
I can understand your feelings on spending time dialing in your choice of new tone arm, but with all do respect i think once you have that caliber of tone arm you wont mind changing the VTA, once you hear the difference that is made in doing so.
With my humble vpi 10.5i tone arm along with ZYX universe xsb. its worth it to note where the VTA setting for different thickness lps is. as the sound difference is quite audible for the better. BTW classic rock is my choice in music also.
good luck on your new arm.
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