Schroder sq and the new talea

Jtinn.Thank you for the explanation.I hope you took no offense to my question.My phone is of standard fare.Used only for calls and I think I can take a picture if needed.
Some of the posts on this thread are very passionate and made by members like yourself that have far superior systems then I.Possibly even more listening experience then I.But one thing that I have learned over many years of listening is that in audio no one can say something of equal quality is better in a short period of time.This is true if everything else in the system is exactly the same and in this case if I read correctly it was not.
I'm sure all of us at one time or another thought product "A" was better then product "B" only to make another comparison a few days later and find that you now think the opposite.
I havn't heard the Talea and it very well may be the great tonearm that others say it is.
I recall the Graham and Wheaton shootouts.
(I preferred the Graham and had two over the years)Others purchased Wheaton's,They were not wrong.Both were and still are top performers.I guess what I am trying to say is simply "don't rush to judgement".And I do wish the maker of the Talea arm a successful journey.

Dgad, 10 steps,wonderful.I recall my son taking his first steps walking toward the turntable while Dizzy was blowing his horn on "No More Blues" from On The Riviera.
What happened to your Phantom ? Oh no did she.......

The Talea bearing pivot, should it ever need replacement, can be replaced with a small allen wrench that is included in the kit. Lift out, drop in, snug up the set screw. The jewel cup is slightly more difficult, but can be pressed in and out by hand, assuming one has strong fingers. In any case, it is pretty much a field replacement. I've done it myself on a prototype model after Joel sent me an update to the bearing. And, the Telea bearing doesn't adjust itself as the stylus tracks across the grooves.

Dave, I think Atmasphere was not referring to "wear" when he noted the superior rigidity of the Triplanar vis a vis the Schroeder or Talea.
This is about the ability of a given tonearm to transfer energy ( mechanically .... but it has huge sonic impacts ).
The feature of being able to "adjust" a magnetic bearing and thus the produced "tone" may indeed sound attractive and tempting to some.

DT, Herb Papier, inventor of the Triplanar, lived in Wheaton, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. Hence the origin of the original full name of the tonearm. Triplanar moved to Minnesota after Herb died, so the "Wheaton" moniker is no longer appropriate.

The Triplanar has been my primary tonearm for 15 years. I like it very much, but I am perfectly willing to believe (i) that the overall excellence of phono reproduction depends nearly as much upon tonearm/cartridge matching as it does on the excellence of the tonearm design, and (ii) that some other tonearm design could be "better" using my favorite cartridges. I am happy to see that Talea, Reed, Schroeder are not afraid to attempt to advance the state of the art, and perhaps they have. We all benefit if these guys are successful. By the way, whither the Grandezza?