Where to find uni din protractor

Guys thanks for the warning . Purchased a tonearm Fr Dietrich a few months ago through a dealer . So far the dealer has sold 5-6 tonearm with a couple of UNI DIN protractor . Transaction has been smooth except slight delay in receiving the 2nd batch of tonearm - about 1 month .
I was well aware of his reputation having follow threads in Audiogon & whatsbestforum & make this clear to the dealer who is my dealer .
Despite my favourable experience , I thk the warning is valid . Anytime U have to make payment in advance we should be careful & we should only deal thru dealers & make dealers responsible for all transactions

I have a lot of sympathy for those who have had bad experiences with dentonarm/Daniel. This kind of thing should not occur. On the other side of the ledger, though, I've bought a UNI-pro and UNI-P2S from him and my transactions went off without a hitch. Even two years later, he supplied a template for a new arm, air mailed within days, free of charge, as per our original agreement. I guess I've been lucky.

I read this thread in its entirety with some trepidation since I use a SMARTractor for setups I do for customers and have exchanged quite a few emails with and have met Kevin Wolff of VANA Ltd., the US distributor of Acoustical Systems. In our interactions Kevin has demonstrated time and again he is a stand up guy and a true professional. I asked him about these serious allegations of fraud leveled at Dietrich, not only because anyone who knows me knows I am all about honesty and integrity but also because sometimes reality varies quite a bit from what may be posted online.

Some may recall that Michael Fremer wrote about Dietrich and the SMARTractor quite a while ago. The distributor learned of the allegations from Michael and found out from Dietrich that it was all about a person to whom he never delivered a tonearm and also never took money from. Apparently there were many changes and misunderstandings, from which a smear campaign started. You can see the latest of this campaign above, due to misunderstandings and passing of false rumors assumed to be true. And as we know, once it's out there on the Internet, it stays there.

Although I am not one of Kevin's dealers but may be at some point since I know for sure he's a good egg, an open book and the kind of person I want to do business with, I felt an obligation to set the record straight (pun intended). I respectfully ask all reading this to take my comments to heart and give Dietrich the benefit of the doubt. If you have further questions please feel free to contact Dietrich or Kevin.

Brian Walsh
Essential Audio