Anyone here knows the Reed 3Q tonearm?

Hello Vetterone,

Any news from RMAF about Reed 3Q?

Btw I'm now trying the Reed 3Q 12" Ziricote wood ..
I just mounted it yesterday night using the template inside the box .. it looks like a good paper template but I'm waiting for a MintLp .. second , arm cables (cryo silver) need a "break in" time to be judged.
Well , even everything needs run in time the result is already simply stunning!
I mounted a Denon DL-304 and not my BenzLP because the arm is new for me and I didn't want to risk my loved Benz .. and further I wait for the MintLP before to mount my Benz LP.
The setup is a breeze!! .. thanks to the red Laser that helps to set perfect flat VTA and Azimuth.
The sound is amazingly good much better than with my Michell Tecnoarm (with the Benz LP and MintLP setting) more wide .. more tall and deep .. voices are to take one's breath away focused and live .. listening fatigue equal Zero!
The inner detail si simply awesome!
Despite it isn't Minted :-)
I can't imagine when I 'll reset the arm geometry with the MintLP Best Tractor.. you know the difference!
It's the first 12" inches arm I try and I own so maybe I'm not prepared to its way to sound .. by the way I couldn't be happier and on my TW Acustic Raven One looks fantastic too.

My cent!
Curio

I have 4 arms in total (Schroeder, DaVinci, Rossner & Sohn, and Reed 2P).

The Reed is my favorite out of the four. It is easy to setup, highly precise, and has the ability to perform fine detail adjustments on all paramters, VTA, Azimuth, Antiskating, and everything else.

Priced at nearly 1/2 the price of a DaVinci, I couldn't be happier !

Rick

Me too !
I keep my 9,5" Pluto 9A for now, but I like my Reed 3Q 12" also. The 9A is more exciting while the 3Q more calm.
Both have extreme precision but the Reed is easier to set while the Pluto is a nightmare.
I compare them in both my turntables with my spear cartridge (Vdh Condor) but I use the Pluto with the Colibri XPP & the Reed with the Goldfinger.
The turntables are the Symphonic Line RG6 & the Thorens TD 124 MkII. So far I cannot decide with confidence which combo I favour best ...
I think I will regret it ... but I feel more secure playing the Goldfinger/3Q/TD 124 MkII and I have thoughts about selling my other combo anytime soon.

George

Geoch, I am familiar with the Reed 2A in the actual sence
and with the Pluto in the virtual kind of sence. The Pluto is produced in the Netherlands by Edy Drissen our second 'grand master' next to Van den Hul. I think that the
complexity of Pluto is a small problem in comparition with
the price. Ie you will need much luck to sell the Pluto for
a 'reasonable' price.

Regards,