Has anybody tried the Reed 3P?

Yes, Steve's tome started out talking about azimuth, so when he got to talking about anti-skate (abbreviated "AS") I did not originally pick up on the change of subject. Mea culpa. Doug Deacon has also been a critic of the AS device on the TP, but Doug was talking about "resonance" (his word). Perhaps he really was alluding to the same phenomenon that concerned Steve. Since Steve's explanation makes more sense to me (anyway), I will take another look at the AS device to see what can be done about it, if anything. I am not sure that the tiny O-ring solution to excessive application of AS with the TP standard AS weight really does anything about the "noise" issue.

Nikola, I don't claim to be an expert on anything, except I always aspire to be an expert on the elements of my own audio system. It's an endless process, and one is never really "arrived", even in that microcosm. But I do know the difference between anti-skate and azimuth.

04-07-12: Geoch
I see that he abandoned the provision of alignment by the headshell (the only right way) and adopted the Triplanar's method of align the azimuth by twisting the arm tube (very convenient but wrong).

I don't know if you saw the youtube video I included in my previous post. It shows there's no touching the arm tube, even with background being out of focus. And the adjustment is done at the pivot area.

Thanks to Vetterone's explanation, I get a better understand of the azimuth on the fly adjustment and the bearing arrangement. I think the 3P's bearing design is brilliant.

______

Dear Nandric, Have you compared Reed and FR-64S for the low compliance MC carts?

Dear Lbelchev, I admire the FR-64S as a work of art. The first tonearm which awaked esthetical feelings in me. I always thought about our 'gear' in functional terms. My
problem is the fact that my Kuzma Stabi Reference needs a
separate armboard for each separate tonearm. This imply ordering them by Kuzma in Slovenia for about 600 Euro a piece. My solution was a second system in my bedroom with a comfort of a chear in front of my (simple) Thorens 160 Super such that I can easilly change carts and tonearms.
However the most carts I recently bought are MM kind so
I prefer my Sumiko 800 and/or Zeta for the purpose. I just
completed my SP10 mkII with provisional Lustre GST 1 as
substitute for the Thorens. The armboard in the plinth is
only usable with this tonearm. But those can be made for
cheap , I hope, so I will be able to use all of my tonearms . My first trial with the FR-64S will be the Phase Tech P-3 G (LOMC and Low compliance)which is in my Reed 2A at present (27g eff. mass).

Regards,