Has anyone had experience with the Schroeder Arm

Hi Paul,
It depends upon the arm you intend to mount(among other things the material it is made of). Some will sound better on the aluminum board, others you´ll prefer when mounted on the brass board(all dimensions being equal..)
I´ve yet to hear a stainless(plain,undamped) armboard, but high internal damping isn´t exactly it´s main property. Bearing bronze or "Grauguss" (a type of cast iron, unfortunately ferromagnetic) would be far preferable.
Anything against CLD armboards? Hardwood/Aluminum and many other options to choose from. Sorry, this might not be the answer you´ve been looking for.

Cheers,

Frank

Dear Sirspeedy: I'm sorry for my answers that produce all this " theatre ". I hope you are not dissapointg on your issue.
If you give us more information on your audio system, the kind of music that you usually listen and maybe what do you don't like it in the music reproduction on your analog rig, then I'm sure that we can help you.
I think that all of us will be very glad to hear from you very soon.
Best wishes and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Teres and Audio999: First, I don't attack to anyone, I only put the facts ( you Audio999 and the others guys attack me, read their answers ). I think that you, still, don't understand my points of view, so you have a problem.
Other thing: I can't understand why you give answers for Doug. I think that he can do it, but maybe he has not any answer any more, about.
Don't be angry ( it is not to be personal: open your mind ) and don't think for a moment that you can attack to me with out any reaction.
BTW, what do that a forum goes growing up are the differents and experienced points of view of the people and that that point of view really help to the people. We all have many things to learn here, if we all can do it: great, if not, well.........
Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Hi Frank

The arm is the latest Tri-planar to be mounted on a SME 30. I gave the machinist a Graham armboard to copy but without the large bore for the din to pass through. The SME armboard has a fibre type damping material but the Graham has lead for damping. I supplied the Brass and it should be done next week, but I need to damp it like one of the other armboards I have. The dude at the machine shop suggested a phenolic (spelling?) board to damp in between board and table. WHat do you think fibre or lead. I spoke with Wally Malewicz and he suggested the lead.
I am also wondering if you have any customers with the Ref on a SME 30, and you impressions. Is it an ideal setup?

Paul

I was not going to reply anymore to this thread because of all the DRAMA my original question stirred.Thank you, to all of you, for your well intentioned responses.Especially Frank.It is unuasual to see a designer and manufacturer respond.It shows the commitment and passion you must have for your product.Of course a tonearm will have a specific sonic signature,to me this is not debateable.Every component in the sonic chain has an identifiable sonic signature to one degree or another.I truly don't want to get into a debate with obviously well intentioned fellow music lovers,but I thought my original question could stand on it's own without having to outline what equipment I own,or discuss my musical tastes.To my way of thinking,the lack of any kind of bearing frictionand the attention to detail employed in you design giving me the choice of internal arm cable to match my system cabling,and the choice of different armtube materials,to match my cartridge (in this case a TRANSFIGURATION TEMPER-V)is just good science and attention to detail.One thing I have learned from my too many years in this hobby is(asside from the unfortunate fact that it is expensive)that the tiniest details stand out in BOLD relief when you finally have a good set up right.I would like to pose one more question to you Frank or any other listener with such experience.I notice there are a few arm cables on the market(arm to preamp)that offer such exotic combinations of materials that could potentially push the envelope in terms of better being able to transfer super fine detail.I'm talking specifically about such cables like those from PURIST audio and SILTECH which purport to use materials like silver and gold in conjunction with small amounts of copper or also,as in the case of the PURIST cables cryogenic treatment as well.I'm only interested here about the arm to preamp or phonostage cabling NOT the rest of the system,and please no infantile heated debates.Just for the record I heard a significant improvement in both my system and a friend's setup when we upgraded from the Graham IC-30 to IC-70,so I am curious to examine if more could be obtained from this particular area with an even more advanced material combination.Trust me I'm not looking to throw money away but I'm convinced that the very fine microsignal coming from the stylus tip is of paramount importance,which takes me back to my original question regarding the SCHROEDER arm and it's potential for a non resonant signature.If anyone thinks that is not a critical parameter go and listen to a really good straight line air bearing design.