Airtangent vs Kuzma airline


Just bought the JC Verdier platine and want to get a tangent tracking arm.
I have received info and I am leaning towards the Kuzma or the swedish Airtangent .
The EM-2, Airtech MG-1 and the Condustor by the cartdridge man are also in the running but their build quality aren't in the same league from what I can tell in the pictures. How good are they I really don't know.
Opinions, or any comments wound be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
rugyboogie

Showing 3 responses by berlinta

Hi guys,
Maybe it's a good idea to ask Thomas Woschnik, the designer of the TW acustic tables himself, what he thinks of the difference between the various arms(TriPlanar, DaVinci, Schröder) he uses.
You can reach him under:

Twacustic@aol.com

Cheerio,
Frank Schröder
Hello Edward,
The table was demoed with 4 arms in Frankfurt(not Munich), about 2 months ago. Each of them had a different cartridge and was running into a different phonostage. Only once did he compare arm cart combinations using the same phonostage. Anyone drawing definite conclusions about the quality of a single component(arm, cart or phonostage) in the chain must have Palladium ears AND beat Sherlock Holmes in deductive reasoning ;-)
The sets were chosen by Mr. Woschnik based on his previous experiences and listening bias to each make for a particularly synergistic combo.

Cheerio,

Frank
Dear Thomas,
I may be wrong, but the cartridge in the Triplanar was a MySonicLab, which isn't cheaper, but more expensive than the Dyna XV-1s(certainly true when you compare the "street" prices).
The DaVinci was used with a Dyna XX-2, less expensive than the XV-1s, but mechanically and sound-balance wise a better match than the XV-1s(IMHO).
The Tron Seven was an unknown entity even to me(though I've known Graham Tricker's excellent work for many years)and it too isn't more expensive than the Klyne or the Pass XONO which were the other partnering phonostages(all depending upon the export markets in question).
Only the Jelco arm with a Denon DL103 plus the Whest phonostage can be considered of "lesser" quality(but not bad by any means...) and cost.
Again, these were Mr. Woschniks choices, not mine.... ;-)

All the best,

Frank