TW-Acustic Arm


TW-Acustic has a beautiful looking arm. Does anyone know what it sounds like?
gerrym5
I do not think anyone outside of Germany has there heard it in their setup.
Jeff from High Water should get one soon, and hearing all of TW's other products over the years with new introductions, I assume it will be another home run.
I believe this arm is priced to compete with the Graham Phantom, Tri-Planar and SME V, price point.
The pictures that I have seen are a product of top notch quality.
Speaking with Thomas of TW to get some impressions of usability, he said it will work with many different cartirdges in various weight ranges and compliances.
Isnt the TW arm a Breuer derivative? - Perrew -

I don't recognize anything from the Breuer design in TW Acoustic 10.5 arm
Interesting to note that some of you have already chosen other arms over the 10.5 without even hearing it. My understanding is that Thomas has Phantom, Breur, Schroder, etc. tonearms. Am sure he has compared his own arm to these well known brands.
It is a true 10.5 inch arm w. is a bit longer than most of the arms mentioned here. It can be purchased w. adjustable VTA on the fly. All the parts are purpose built and the build quality is said to be very high. There are a few very nice unique features including an azimuth adjustment at the headshell and different counterweights supplied that can be switched for different cartridges. It uses a magnetic antiskate mechanism but has little need for antiskatee. The effective mass is 14 gms and the arm is made from anodized aluminum. The bearring housing has the same shape as the Raven plinth. Suffice it to say TW is very happy w. the sound and build quality. Another nice thing is the counterweight screws onto the back of the arm so dialing in VTF should be easy & provides for fine adjustment.