Why are modern arms so ugly?

Dear Geoch,

this was a clear word in the direction of Nandric who seems to have a hard life anyway - he gets teased from so many sides :-) but he also seems to be a stable warrior passing all times...

Regarding Greek, I was able to participate at a conference this week some industry leaders participating, including a major bank representative. Mr Six from the rental chain was talking too and he reported about an ironic advertisment camapaign he did in Greece. Mr Sixt is famous for his ironic marketing efforts.
He advertised: " dear people of Greece at my shop you may pay in Drachmas if you want from now on".

As a result of this he was punished a lot and had to write excuses to many Greek people and institutes. Maybe Nandric should write a letter too...

BTW I don`t agree with Mr Sixt !

best @ fun only

Can we please stay in tune? I wish to overcome this unpleasant situation as quick and harmless for both of us. Like as it never happened.
Now what about the azimuth adj. How you can manage to live with a tonearm without this?

Dear Daniel, I have both : the Reed 2A ,12'' and the Triplanar VII. The Reed is on an arm pod because this was the only possibility to use two tonearms with my Kuzma Stabi Reference. I don't look at them as the objects of art
but as instruments for specific task. The task however is
more related to the carts then the tonearms. In the Reed I
have the Phase Tech P-3G an LOMC with low compliance. In
the Triplanar the Benz Ruby 3S. Depending on the music kind
I prefer one above the other and vice versa. No conflicts
at all. BTW thy are not able to contradict me.

Regards,

Dear Geoch,

I have two SAECs, the 8000 and the 506/30. I have no problems with the azimuth adjustment cause both arms are precisely levelled. When you are using SME headshells you can also adjust the position a little. I know that many DaVinci users complained about the fixed headshell's position where you could not adjust the Azimuth.
Agree that Azimuth control is important!

best @ fun only

Dear Nikola, may I suggest that you give the Phase Tech a listen in the Triplanar and vice versa the Benz in the Reed.
As a matter of fact the Triplanar is better suited to low compliance (although I wouldn't really call the Phase Tech P-3G low in compliance ... but it is lower in comparison to the Benz for sure) having a slightly higher effective mass than the Reed.
Aside from this I was only pointing to the similarities in outer shape to return this thread to it's topic.
Cheers,
D.