Why is the price of new tonearms so high

D. :-)
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A.

So D. for the final piece of the puzzle what phono stage do you use with the FR-7f? Thanks Pär

Dear Axelwahl, I own,inter alia,the Reed and the Micro
MA-505. The Micro is,for the price mentioned,a bargain.
Period. But on my Kuzma S.R. there is just place for one
tonearm and this place is occupied by the Triplanar VII.
So I needed one tonearm to put next to my TT and the fellows from Lithuania made for me one 12" tonearm with a
base ('turret'). I am very satisfied with the Reed but the
only 'quibble'I had was the absent of 'slots' on the headshell and the absent of the azimuth adjustment.
Meanwhile there is a new version named Reed 2A with both
provisions. I expect to get this new version next week and
hope to inform the 'Goners' about one month later. So keep
looking at www.turntables.lt.
Regards,
Nandric

Dear Perrew, I do use an all tube design fully balanced differential phono stage with high gain.
Its my design - not a market product.
Syntax, Heradot, 7 other friends of mine and me we have had all very good experiences with the Lamm LP2 (stock and modified), Klyne, Cotter Phono, Tom Evans and a Kaneda design in various set-ups.
The virtues of the FR-7x/FR-60 steel tonearm combination were apparent in all these set-ups - different, but always clearly audible.
Among these I would favourite the LP2 but with several important modifications (the very first step being replacing the standard tubes with WE 417a - and putting a 1950ies black plate RCA rectifier into the LP2).
Hope this info is of any worth.
Cheers,
D.

Always worth a lot thanks for taking the time to answer, would you consider building a unit?