OMG,
https://www.ebay.com/itm/tonearm-tonarm-12-long-NewArtVinyl-BLACK-BIRD12-5-CARBON/233349199295?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
I took the risk, bought it. Installed, wonderful. LONG, effective Length is 12-5", 317mm. BUT:
I prevailed with several issues most people could not deal with.
............................
The tonearm wires are the thinnest I have ever seen, and I had to strip them and solder them. VERY INTIMIDATING.
My notes to seller:
Our President Franklin Roosevelt said:
"So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is...fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
1. made a notch (not hole) for wire entry below the top cover. allows the wires to be 'free' while soldering.
2. switched the rca jacks, YOU HAD THEM OPPOSITE. If someone soldered for me, using your diagram, channels would be reversed.
3. installed the MISSING internal ground jumper wire, to Philips head screw.
4. made/put colored tape tags on the wires further from the ends. If I had to cut off a bit of wire, you color paint mark would be gone. YOU SHOULD MARK THEM HIGHER.
5. light, magnifying glass, exact-o knife, new blade: amazingly got the cover off the ends of the wires. YOU SHOULD DO THIS!
6. silver solder. I got 5 small lumps of solder on a board, then held each wire to a solder lump and melted the lump onto the wire ends. I was afraid I would melt the copper wires. YOU SHOULD DO THIS!
7. melted the solder lumps onto the internal contact points. OK, if this system, buyer must do this. I HAVE AN IDEA.
8. reminder, I had to make a new 'riser' arm board, because my Victor Turntable surface is 42mm above the arm board. This is true for Denon's, other decks, like this. This long arm only fits on Victor Large Plinths. or custom arrangements. IF THE POST WAS 1/2" LONGER, no need to made a 'riser' board.
9. reminder, I had to cut a notch in my rare Large Plinth Dust Cover, for access to the RCA and Ground Terminal cable. IF the tonearm wires were 3" longer, I could have mounted the junction box on the rear edge of the deck, no notch needed.
I have experience and miniature tools. NORMAL PEOPLE COULD NEVER DO THIS.
YOU NEED A DIN CONNECTION, A BILLION EXIST, WITH EVERY KIND OF CARTRIDGE, WITHOUT HUM. You would sell more!
Cable arrives today, it better work!!!
Elliott
https://www.ebay.com/itm/tonearm-tonarm-12-long-NewArtVinyl-BLACK-BIRD12-5-CARBON/233349199295?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
I took the risk, bought it. Installed, wonderful. LONG, effective Length is 12-5", 317mm. BUT:
I prevailed with several issues most people could not deal with.
............................
The tonearm wires are the thinnest I have ever seen, and I had to strip them and solder them. VERY INTIMIDATING.
My notes to seller:
Our President Franklin Roosevelt said:
"So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is...fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
1. made a notch (not hole) for wire entry below the top cover. allows the wires to be 'free' while soldering.
2. switched the rca jacks, YOU HAD THEM OPPOSITE. If someone soldered for me, using your diagram, channels would be reversed.
3. installed the MISSING internal ground jumper wire, to Philips head screw.
4. made/put colored tape tags on the wires further from the ends. If I had to cut off a bit of wire, you color paint mark would be gone. YOU SHOULD MARK THEM HIGHER.
5. light, magnifying glass, exact-o knife, new blade: amazingly got the cover off the ends of the wires. YOU SHOULD DO THIS!
6. silver solder. I got 5 small lumps of solder on a board, then held each wire to a solder lump and melted the lump onto the wire ends. I was afraid I would melt the copper wires. YOU SHOULD DO THIS!
7. melted the solder lumps onto the internal contact points. OK, if this system, buyer must do this. I HAVE AN IDEA.
8. reminder, I had to make a new 'riser' arm board, because my Victor Turntable surface is 42mm above the arm board. This is true for Denon's, other decks, like this. This long arm only fits on Victor Large Plinths. or custom arrangements. IF THE POST WAS 1/2" LONGER, no need to made a 'riser' board.
9. reminder, I had to cut a notch in my rare Large Plinth Dust Cover, for access to the RCA and Ground Terminal cable. IF the tonearm wires were 3" longer, I could have mounted the junction box on the rear edge of the deck, no notch needed.
I have experience and miniature tools. NORMAL PEOPLE COULD NEVER DO THIS.
YOU NEED A DIN CONNECTION, A BILLION EXIST, WITH EVERY KIND OF CARTRIDGE, WITHOUT HUM. You would sell more!
Cable arrives today, it better work!!!
Elliott