Looking for a great arm that is low maintenence

The arm arrived at Sota yesterday. The countdown is on! Is it ever going to get here?

Nrchy,I would suggest you do NOT have the arm put on at SOTA!!It really could complicate shipping,properly.You would be better off having it installed locally!It's not hard to do,and you can probably do it yourself!!

Sota turntables use an inverted suspension, so when they are being shipped there is no play in the armboard or the platter. There shouldn't be any problem with it.

The last time I bought a table from Sota I did the same thing but I had a Rega arm at the time, and was concerned about the VTA.

Kirk knows more about setting up an arm than I do, so when it comes in I'll just have to fine tune it. If it's damaged ups can fine tune my wallet.

Nrchy: all of the arms you have listed are excellent choices. Whatever you do, do not opt for the ET. If you breath on this arm, it will go out of alignment. With a suspended TT (which the SOTA is) which is subject to ambient humidity and temperature, not a good match. You will end up having to level it at almost every time you listen: a royal pain in the #$%! it is incredibly finicky.

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Nrchy,
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Congratulations on deciding to get the Tri-Planar VII and ZYX Airy3.
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If you don't already have one, think about getting a Cardas Frequency Sweep / Break in LP. They are only about $ 30.00 and well worth the money. It will be a great help braking in the Airy3 and the Tonearm cable and it is does great things for the sound of your system when run every 3-4 weeks.
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The time interval is very system dependant you can experiment and figure out how long you can go before running the frequency sweep makes a sonic difference.
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Let us know how it all sounds once you have it up and running with a few hours on it.
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Rgds,
Larry
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