many thanks Jonathan for providing the fotos and also to Henry for posting. From the Hirez images it looks that the build quality of the Air Force One is exceptional. I would like to look closer at the bearing, the motor and the tonearm bases taking up 12" tonearms? I also need to check the haptics of the buttons. these might be sensors. are they fixed in a stable way like with the MS or do they provide a feeling of plastique. In any way I would add a flywheel on the right side. Maybe Nakazawa sama is coming up with such an addition.
Thuchan, would you need to make room if the Techdas lives up to your expectations? I ask because I just completed a new panzerholz wall mount shelf with extreme bracing and damping built inside the wall.30 inches wide by 26 inches deep.
Henry, notice the arm on the Techdas? It really is a fabulous tone arm, have you tried it with your Victor yet?
Hi In_shore, I am one of the few listeners who could never really understand the hype and general acclimation surrounding the Phantom II? I had it mounted on the big Raven for more than a year and found that its performance was exceeded on LOMCs by my Grandezza 12" Ref and Copperhead. The XV-1s was the only cartridge where it had a slight edge. The FR-64s and FR-66s also sound more coherent IMHO, with LOMCs as well as MMs. The killer for the Phantom II (at least for me)......was that with high compliance MM cartridges (which account for the bulk of my collection).....it was an embarrassing performer? I sold it without regrets.
Henry The first few months I also wondered about the Phantom set up on my Raven AC. I also had various cartridges including a Dyna XV1S mounted on that arm. However I could not understand why it did not perform as expected. Previously before the Raven I had the Graham 2.2 and liked it very much.
I acquired my first direct drive in around this time and installed the raven arm board with the Phantom on it to that dd and really was surprised at the performance.
Conclusively I say the Graham Phantom is not a good mate with a Raven table, and further I really don't understand the fan club of this combination???
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