A question for Graham owners


Hello guys,

I'm going to buy a Graham Phantom arm but I have had a very good offer over a preowned Graham 2.2t/c in mint conditions.
I have read the Stereophile review about the Phantom with inside the comparisons with the 2.2t
Well .. we know the use of the MintLP Best Tractor can reduce the difference (gap) between the two arms.. surely more than using the Graham Jig on both , like the reviewer did.
Now the question : Anyone here has been able to verify the difference between the two arms in the best MintLP conditions?

It would be interesting for me to understand if the old Graham 2.2t/c could be a good "sonical" deal over the higher price of the new Phantom.

Thanks to everyOne for suggestions/opinions

Cheers,

Curio
curio

Showing 1 response by larryi

I would not worry about mistracking in a properly set up system. The Phantom in my friend's system displayed no such problems playing real world records. When playing test records with increasing modulation level, the same cartridge (Transfiguration Orpheus) did start to mistrack at lower levels than it did in an SME 309, but matched my Vector arm in this regard. In any case, this was all well beyond what one encounters playing music.

The Phantom is one of the easiest arms to set up correctly, a big plus, given that MOST of the problems (as well as differences people hear in arms) is the result of less than ideal adustment.