best value current production tonearm

Check out the SME 309 or the less expensive M2-9. They are both medium mass ( 9.5 grams) and work great with a whole range of cartridges. BTW,I have the 309 and it betters the many arms that I have owned before.

Don't do that. Trans-Fi bumped SME IV and Graham 1.5TC from my system. Check out testimonials of the many high-end TT owners on the TF web site. No affiliation.

I might need to try the Trans-fi in my system. I don't use the modded TNT much. That is a decent candidate for a change.

Any outlets in the states?

Bpoletti, Trans-Fi is only sold direct from UK manufacturer. It's not a bad thing, as this disintermediates dealer margin, and Vic provides good sales and tech support via email.

Bpoletti, I would never again run an air bearing arm on a suspended table. If I had to use a TNT, I would get rid of the 4-corner suspension and install some different footers in their place. There are a lot of good candidates on the used market.

The arm would be around $1200 - 1350,including insured UK mail
depending on options. For about fifty bucks more you can get a digital VTA scale. There seems to be a cult of tweakers gathering around this arm and its fans really seem rocked in their enthusiasm for it. I have too many other irons in the fire right now after huge system relocation, new speakers, tubes, cables, rack. I am waiting for a new UberBuss and will soon start screwing around with room tuning and speaker placement. A new tonearm install on top of all that will drive me nuts.

It's a back-burner project for me until I get a handle on all the changes I made already. Maybe next year. But I will probably obsess over it until then. It looks like the manufacturer has been responsive to his customers for years and is continuously evolving the design using their input. They seem to try very hard to make updated technology available as cheaply as possible for their existing customers instead of herding them to buy new models.