Axelwahl, if you are a mechanical engineer, then you would really appreciate how this arm is built were you to actually see one in person. It is the result of close to 30 years of refinement.
You can adjust azimuth very easily- most arms have marginal provision for this at best. It has the *hardest* bearings made in the world in its gymbal array. You can set the tracking pressure quite easily to within 1/50th of a gram. The arm tube is damped to prevent mid- and HF resonance. The overall trackability is so high that it usually has lower tracking angle distortions than most straight-tracking arms do.
You are right- I do like it. It plays LPs that I have recorded better than any other arm I've tried (it helps when you are involved in the production process of the recording since you know how it is supposed to sound). It is easier to compare it to tape playback than it is to almost any other arm. I would not let your personal bias stand in the way of at least trying this arm- if not the state of the art it is on a very short list of the very best.
You can adjust azimuth very easily- most arms have marginal provision for this at best. It has the *hardest* bearings made in the world in its gymbal array. You can set the tracking pressure quite easily to within 1/50th of a gram. The arm tube is damped to prevent mid- and HF resonance. The overall trackability is so high that it usually has lower tracking angle distortions than most straight-tracking arms do.
You are right- I do like it. It plays LPs that I have recorded better than any other arm I've tried (it helps when you are involved in the production process of the recording since you know how it is supposed to sound). It is easier to compare it to tape playback than it is to almost any other arm. I would not let your personal bias stand in the way of at least trying this arm- if not the state of the art it is on a very short list of the very best.