Hadcock arms

Hey Joe,
The main difference between these two arms is the length. The 228 has an effective length of approximately 228mm, and so forth.
Jim

Hi Joe,

Also, the 228 is lighter in effective mass.

Generally, Hadcocks are paired with Grado, Music Maker, or other higher compliance MC cartridges, or alot of MM cartridges.

Don't even think about a DL103R on a Hadcock. It's a classic unstabilized unipivot from the 1970's, and has always had a "cult following" with Grado users. Not a bad arm at all, as long as you match the right kinds of cartridges to it.

The 228 is a traditional unipivot design. The 242 is a "modified" unipivot in that it has two pivots and behaves like a more traditional gimbal type arm if you believe the advertisements.

Actually the Hadcocks work well with most cartridges not just high compliance cartridges. I am using the 242 with both a Zyx Airy3S LO SB and a Cartridge Man Music Maker 3; both sound terrific and track flawlessly in the 242.
A popular misconception is that Hadcocks have low effective mass but at 11.4 grams for the 242 and 9.1 grams for the 228 they should be considered medium effective mass tonearms.