A Copernican View of the Turntable System

Dear Thuchan,
I'm excited to hear about your ideas for a wall-mounted shelf for one or more of your turntables.
I can almost guarantee that you will be happy with the results :^)
You also inspired me about trying a Minus K stand under the Raven......and Mark Doehmann is making one up for me to try?
We are both in for some interesting listening in the future it seems?

In_ shore,
I don't quite understand how an arm can be a bad match for a turntable......unless it is a heavy arm or unipivot on a suspended deck?
But then.....suspended decks have never been my cups of tea?
Can you possibly explain why you think an arm can be a mismatch for a particular turntable?

Dear Halcro,
you will like the "Minus-K Raven combination" with "the two motors" and the Bavarian string, I am pretty sure.
Good move!

I will get the AlnicSpeedNic at this weekend and test it (also against the Timeline). Will report about the results.

best @ fun only

Thuchan I have a little Micro Seiki table and thought of a bigger one from time to time, but reality, that's as far as it would go.
It is a very rare thing to see any component in this hobby actually shoot up in value as opposed going the other direction. That retro mechanical look of some of the models I find quite attractive even with the model 1500 that I have.

Halcro

I can only specilate why this would be, maybe some sort of interaction the arm did not like at all, however sure enough with switching back and forth the Phantom and Dyna cartridge jumped to life on a dd table in a panzerholz deck.
No question what I was hearing between the two tables, it really did disturb me and that prompted me to sell the Raven asap.
If this fluke of an experiment wasn;t done most likely I would of looked at evrything but the table for this dark , border line listless music being played.

Not a very nice thing to say is it?, but I did spend a fare amount of money on it and my wife's reaction to selling it only after less then a year is another story.

Anyway I was quick to make that decision and thinking about it now as I type I wonder of a defect of sorts that was missed at the factory possibly? Well that was three years ago and I never did hear back from the buyer.

I need to throw my 2 cents in here, as I have very high regards for Bob Graham's design.
And saying that I must add, that I am absolutely no fan of the uni-pivot principle in pivot tonearm design for certain reasons (which I won't discuss ...;-) ... for obvious reasons ...).
The new Phantom Supreme is VERY good.
As were it's predecessors.
The design of the Graham tonearms does ask for very good mechanical coupling and speedy energy transfer in the armboard and plinth however.
This has to be taken into account when mating the Graham tonearms.
That's why In_shore mentioned the possibility of mis-match with certain turntables.

... but is not the most practical and finest tonearm you can buy today.... as the advertisement on the Graham web-site explains. Deartonearm it depends what kind of choice you have (also in today's market). Nevertheless The Graham was and is a a consistently developed and in many steps refined design with a good build quality as well. But the basic principle parameters did not change very much. Very good means in my understanding Top of the cream for all turntable conditions. I am pretty sure that the new Davinci arm and yours maybe too will speak a word in the Top-Class.

I admire Bob Graham for having established an iconic brand and product. Also his service is excellent. I sometimes compare it with the Porsche 911, built since many decades with some changes.

There might be a new Phantom Super Supreme III in a few years and the community will love it too. Why not?

best @ fun only