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Triplanar VII tonearm & Koetsu Jade Platinum cart.

Hi all

I have the above combo on my Kuzma Stabi Reference. To me, the combo sounds great; and so would like to hear from others who has the same combo, and what their opinion is on this combo.

Secondly, would also like some tips on how to fine-tune the installation of the Koetsu using Triplanar's many features

Looking forward to your opinions and help

Cheers ... Peter
analogheaven
fjn04
1,561 posts
 
Hi Doug, girl and boys,

I am breaking in my new Jade mounted on my Vector 3.
I am pleased, but feeling that there is more to extract
from the Jade. I am considering the Phantom. Could you
tell me which tonearm or tonearms you would consider
for the Jade. It is 13.1 grams according to AS website.
So far in my research, the only ones that have come up
as good matches are the Davinci swiss arms and the
Graham Phantom. The Davinci's are a little beyond my budget anyway. I feel like a hijacker, but I would think any comments may closely apply to Peter's initial thread.

Don
audiofeil
4,011 posts
 
I suspect the Dynavector 507 Mk.2 would work well with the Jade.
lewm
13,522 posts
 
Guess I'll just limp along with what I've got, which sounds wonderful to me. Possibly the Jade has a higher weight than does the Urushi, which might compound any problems related to matching with the Triplanar. I will try out Doug's suggestions on raising the effective mass of the Triplanar, to see if that has a noticeable positive effect. I should emphasize that it required only a little bit of AS force and only a slight dip into the damping trough to tame the problems I initially heard when I tried out Doug's suggestions. Herb Papier (creator of the Triplanar) was a perfectionist, and it was not for nothing that he added the damping trough to later iterations of his tonearm.
fjn04
1,561 posts
 
Thanks Feil , Dgad,

Yeah , I actually had forgotten about the Dyna. That
is another that I had heard was a good match. Dgad, a
little confused here though. Dynavector lists the weight
of their arm at 1380 grams on their website. I am not
much the tech type,nor have I adapted to the metric system.
You said an arm over 28 grams ideally. Where would that
leave the 507-2 if in fact it's net weight is 1,380 grams.
I may look stupid here, but am just reading off their website.
analogheaven OP
24 posts
 
HI all

Wow !!! I thot that nobody would reply to my thread, but after 2 days - thks for ALL yr help.

Sorry, if I did not participate interactively as I am based in Beijing, China - so the time zone is a little challenging to be actively discussing this with you guys

On to the subject - I got the Triplanar - brand new - from the dealer in Singapore - and he recommended NOT to use the damping trough - and all his customers had attested to.

Though the Triplanar is brand new, I feel that the manual is not that user friendly and detailed. I must qualify that I am not really a DIY guy, so I will probably "limp" along with this combo with tweaks' help from you.

Currently - to me - the combo sounds fine, but it seems that I will have to tweak some more to get the best out of this combo. Let me absorb what you are suggesting and get back to you.

Pls do not stop to suggest. I would love to continue to get your help

Cheers ... Peter
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