Graham Phantom vs Triplaner

Thomas,

I second Halcro's request for you to share your experiences and impressions
with these arms.

Sirspeedy,

I have followed this forum with great interest because I am considering a second turntable in my system, the first being a Walker turntable with a Linear tracking arm.

The Triplanar and the Phantom are high on my the short list of arms I am considering.

Throughout this wonderful dialog, the results are fairly evenly divided between both arms making it difficult to draw a conclusion... and you have made it clear you prefer the graham. But in your last comment you go back to salute the triplanar as the leica of tonearms, quite a comment, that makes me think you are not 100 % sure that the graham was the right choice!

So I will serve up the question one more time, with the finest associated equiptment-great tone arm wire, and Air Tight or Titan or Koetsu assuming everything is top draw, what is the best sounding arm between these two heavyweights.

Thomas,

We hugely appreciate your sharing with us your experiences.
What about the Kuzma, how does it measure up to the others?

thanks

Apparantly the Raven is in a class by it self judging by all the buzz and reviews pouring out about it. I am curious about the speed accuracy and drive, when compared to alternative drive options such as direct or rim drive.

Clearly, the micro seiki influence and substantial use of materials such as copper makes a huge difference in the richness of the performance.

I am using a Walker Black Diamond with silver wire from the cartridge clips to the rca's with excellent success and performance. Even though, the Walker comes with a bracket for rca's on the back, Lloyd recommends running direct for best results.

I predominately have used straight line tracking arms, but am putting together a second turntable system with a restored Garrard 301, new ceramic bearing and customlayered base using german panzerholst wood,
which is renowned for its resonance control and a new Triplanar tone arm.

It will be interesting to see how good it is.