the perfect tonearm

"The GCPH should have enough gain for a mid-output MC, I think. And can you say why you think the NAD amp is causing hum in that system? Phono hum is caused by a long list of grounding issues that usually occur upstream from the input of a linestage."

Agree. I have a GCPH and discovered you often need a ground wire between it and the tonearm. Also, do not put the spade around the GCPH ground post, put one arm of the spade THROUGH the hole (or use bare wire through the hole) in the GCPH ground post and tighten the nut by hand.

Y'all be cool,
Robert

Regarding Orsonic AV-101B/S being 16 gr, would that be one of the heaviest headshell? Any heavier one (except Ortofon SPU)?

The Perfect tonearm is the Graham Phantom Supreme for so many reasons....

The 'deceptive' part is the IS in the sentence form 'x is P'(aka the subject -predicate).But we want a tonearm which satisfy many conditions and this assume a list of properties not just one. Besides 'the best' imply comparison between how many tonearms?: 3, 4, or...
What we get is actually: John thinks, believes, is convinced that,etc. that the tonearm A is better than the other he ever owned. Assuming that most of us owned, say,
3 tonearms this 'best quality' become a very hazy qualification.

Dear Ihcho: The SAEC UXL3, Victor L1000 and Audio Technica LH-18, all these weight: 18grs.

R.