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Graham Phantom II 12" - dimensions and overhang

Hello guys,

I come from Europe and recently purchased Graham Phantom II tonearm with 12" armwand.I was missing specs for 12" armwand (in manual are specs for 9" and 10"),so I emailed to Bob Graham and asked him for specs for 12" version. The answer was,that 12" version should be adjusted same as SME V 12". Bob sent me document with SME dimensions as well.

So regarding this document specs are Leff 308,8, overhang 13,2, mounting distance ( Pivot-Spindle) 295,6.
To adjust mounting distance is easy using any quality protractor. I used Acoustic Solid.

http://www.acoustic-solid.de/html/schablone.html

So with mounting distance adjusted to 295,6,here comes the thing.
I should set overhang to 13,2 regarding to specs for SME V 12",but simply
elko
sarcher30
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Suteetat, good to hear. I was not sure if the effective length was exactly the same but as long as you have room in the headshell it doesn't matter.

I'm not sure why Graham does not provide a proper alignment protractor with his 10" and 12" arms but he should.
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syntax
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OK, now I am very very impressed with what Graham can do. Very different sounding from my Reed 3Q

Less distortions will result in a superior, but relaxed sounding reproduction...
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rockitman
417 posts
 
Graham had made a jig for a 10" it's anodized red. I'm sure they have one for the 12". Contact Musical Surroundings for info.
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syntax
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Well, the jig for the my short Armtube is also anodized red :-)
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rockitman
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My jig for my 10" was blue and that was the standard for a 9" when I originally received the arm. They (Musical Surroundings) sent me a 10" jig that is red. Who knows, I haven't tried it as the Mint LP is superior anyway and that is what I use.
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