Tonearm: Well Tempered Lab LTD MK2

Vague bearings.....the tone arm does not have any bearings but rather a paddle or ball in silicone fluid. And....they are zero tolerance, to boot.

You must be confusing your arms.

I owned an older arm and loved it. It was function executed to the finest principles of Einstein ' s simple/simpler concept.

Hi Chakster,

i'm really happy with my WT Amadeus.my phono is Whest PS30RDT.SE,It is a good phono too,
although i never own a expensive turntable,but sometimes i have chance to visit my net fans to listen their expensive turntable,after that so i can make sure the WT Amadeus is a really good turntable,at last you better to go to listen it.

I have an Amadeus MKII, quirky bugger and I love the design. It's amazing how natural it becomes to grab the tonearm and place the needle on the record. VTA, azimuth are easily adjusted. I've only compared it to my moded Rega P3 and it sounded a lot better but it should price-wise, not sure how it would compare to others in the same price range.

"not sure how it would compare to others in the same price range"

My former table was a Spacedeck. The Amadeus made it sound broken.....

thanks guys

I was thinking about Well Tempered Lab LTD MK2 new tonearm only (without wta turntable) as i already have turntable and it's Technics SP10mk2 with massive plinth. I have two tonearms:

Thomas Schick Tonearm (high effective mass for low compliance cartridges)
http://cs624027.vk.me/v624027872/15f45/5eGh-yR6gDI.jpg

Technics EPA-100 Tonearm (22g effective mass with stock shell for mid compliance cartridges).
http://cs616228.vk.me/v616228872/be57/6H7-Ds3fqfw.jpg

I came across Well Tembere Lab LTD MK2 tonearm recently and it's the lightest one (10g effective mass). According to ortofon information (below) tonearm with 10g effective mass is the best match for cartridges with compliance range from 20uN till 30uN.

I believe a compilance meassured @ 10 Hz in Denmark (not at 100Hz). Japanese standard is 100Hz for Zyx which is 12/15 uN compliance, i believe it would be around 24-30uN @ 10Hz in European/USA standard. Right ?

The below diagram illustrates the relationship between cartridge compliance, tonearm mass and the resulting resonance frequency:

http://ortofon.com/images/hifi/article/service/tonearmsresonans_02_web.jpg

Looking at this information i feel that my ZYX cartridge is not matched well with my current tonearms.