Best Bang For The Buck I've Ever Spent

Terry, are you speaking of the RTOM Moongel drumhead damping pads? They are pretty subtle on heads (I’ve used small cotton pads taped onto mine---long used by studio drummers---for many years), but never tried them on a tonearm. Sounds promising. Better than Sorbothane? I’ve read that the Moongel pads are used by some for stylus cleaning, a scary idea for a Decca/London pickup user!

Coincidently, I have become aware of and interested in the Trans-Fi Terminator arm myself. Have you heard it in comparison with the Eminent Technology air bearing arm? That arm is still available on a limited basis, but now costs $4500! Used 2.0’s can occasionally be found for under a grand, however. I’ve seen and heard that arm on many Oracle Delphi’s and VPI’s (favorite combinations of the late Brooks Berdan, whose shop I spent a lot of time in), but the designer of the Terminator shows a London Super Gold, my favorite pickup, mounted on his arm on the T-F website. An arm designed and built by a London user has GOT to be something special! Some of the Decca/London enthusiasts on the Lenco Users Forum swear by the arm for those cartridges. The most exciting arm in years, and only $1000!