Pete Riggle Woody tonearm

I have a friend in Seattle who owns a talea arm. It would be interesting to compare these two very different arms.
Don't know about setting the offset angle. You might just want to contact the master and ask. He is quite a nice gentleman.

R

Dear Lew, First thing first. Congratulation with the 2 SWs.
I am only envious with people who own better speakers than
I do. Then the obvious. On the Reed site you can see measurements comparison between wood-wands as well between metal- and woodwands.

Regards,

Nikola, What did they measure?

Talea also uses but one screw to affix their rudimentary headshell to the wood tonearm wand. In fact, by inspection of photos, the two tonearms appear to have a lot in common as regards the implementation of a headshell. For one thing, in both cases, I wonder how efficiently energy can be transferred away from the cartridge body. In both tonearms there is a wood/metal interface at the juncture of the headshell/arm wand (this creates an impedance to energy transfer), and then there is the matter of the single screw attachment, which might not afford max transmission efficiency, as regards energy. I am engaging in silly audiophool speculation; I have heard the Talea, and it works!!!

Dear Lew, They tested 'parasitic accoustic vibrations'in
armtubes made from different materials. You should be able
to understand those better than I. See: www.reed.lt ;research; wood vs. the rest.
BTW when do you hope to receive those 2 SWs? Do you need to 'upgrade' them?

Regards,

Pete is finishing mine this week. Super nice guy. He is also mounting
the arm and cartridge for me.(I have no mechanical ability). There
Is a nice review of the Woodie arm on Positive Feedback.

George