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What's the best unipivot to arm ever made?

I'm really fond of unipivot tonearms in their way of music reproduction. For my point of view they represent the music with full of energy without loosing its authority and signature. Less is more? I do not know! I'm currently using a Mayware Formula 5 tonearm and believe is one of the best to arms ever made regardless price. Much better than my previous Schroeder Reference (even though I must admit Schroeder was mounted in an inferior turntable). What's your opinion about the best unipivot tonearm ever made and why your preference is so special?
pentatonia
pentatonia OP
24 posts
 
Please correct me if I'm wrong but when I saw Telos I thought that if pivot shaft was looking downwards it could be more adequate as a vibration coupling device. Of course I'm sure that Mr. Durand has already tried this out...so I'm sceptical about the pertinence of my remark.
lewm
12,576 posts
 
Stuff I thought I "knew" (like certain principles of modern tonearm design) is constantly being debunked, so finally nothing surprises me. After all, the RS-A1 tonearm sounds great, and it breaks every single rule anyone else ever posited.
emil_f
33 posts
 
Another vote for the Aro. It is best for my playback preferences.
mikelavigne
2,165 posts
 
Pentatonia,

just over three short years ago, Joel Durand was an audiophile doing a DIY project of building a tonearm from scratch on a whim. he documented each step thru that process on a personal website/blog which at one point i looked thru. he tried every possible way to have a bearing, including looking upwards and downwards. i'm no techie or engineer, so i don't have much more than a gut feel for the consequences of those approaches.

in any case, i know he has considered that question from many different perspectives.
lindisfarne
511 posts
 
Of all the crazy moves I've made over the years the most obvious improvement came from the Naim ARO.
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