Graham Phantom Armwand

I have both the ceramic and titanium armwands. Having a hum issue with the ceramic, I tryed the titanium with my Allaerts Finish VLOMC and it is totaly silent, more refined and precise. The older ceramic is also heavier 3,5 grams wich adds effective mass to the tonearm . Azimuth is more parallel with Titanium. The armtube is thinner and looks more delicate, but rigidity it increased wich is a good sonic improvement. So I advise the use of this new titanium armwand for very low output cartridges, the Phantom will make them shine like aurora borealises !

I bought both armwands in march not knowing there was a new model, so I didn't realise until recently when i had a failure with one of them that they where different. So I asked Bob and he answered me that the thinner (6mm diameter) is the new titanium. The older ceramic is 8 mm diameter.

Sorry, I was not clear, by azymuth I want to say that the headshell platform is parallel to bearing platform making magneglide markings in front of each other when azymuth is right. With the ceramic the marks are way out and main bearing is not straight.

Bob: thanks for your clear input. Confirms that the Phantom 2 is a major upgrade over the 1 . I was lucky to have one of the few Titanium "1" produced and it is already superior than the ceramic. So the new Phantom 2 must be a worthwile upgrade. Electrical shielding and energy damping are of prime importance in a tonearm, making better an already wonderful product.

Difference between Phantom 1 and 2 other than armwand ?