Need tonearm advice for Clearaudio Innovation Wood

Stanwal...

How close does the effective length need to be as the Jelco is not 222mm like the Clearaudio.. thoughts?
Thanks,
steve

Stanwal... thanks once again.

What arm were you talking about when you said this... :)

"Now that you mention it my wife and my tonearm have a lot in common. Both take a lot of maintenance and are fiddly to get just right but the results are well worth it. A great deal of synergy but adjustability and ease of set up? Not so much."

Need tonearm advice for Clearaudio Innovation Wood
Fellas... thanks for the help.

Rockitman.. I was hoping you would answer as you actually have the same TT... thank you. Plan on keeping the Universal when you get the new table?

Stanwal.. I have read and been told that unipivot arms need constant tweaking, sometimes even from one side of the LP to the next, and you are never sure you have it right, and if you don't it could harm your cartridge. I really don't know anything about the finer points of analog - hence the need for the advice. I just passed up a brand new unused Clearaudio Unify unipivot for $800 because of this - although reviews of this arm say is is a devil to set up. Perhaps I made a mistake here...thanks for your input.

Macdadtexas.. Thanks as well to you, but as a newbie I'm also scared of tangential arms as well. Maybe this is unreasonable too.

I have now a chance to buy a brand new aluminum Clearaudio Satisfy for $700.00. Seems like a good price to me..

Manitunc... The Audiomods was not a consideration to me before.. thanks for the heads up on this one... and also your rational RE unipivots. I realize most of the truly high end arms are unipivot but I didn't want to be a fiddler constantly tweaking a setup - I just want to easily play all of my varied formats without constant tinkering - this was my thinking in regards to avoiding a unipivot or a tangential arm. Seems like my novice thinking was wrong here. Thanks to you for your insight.

Also..

My next door neighbour has a Fidelity Research FR64 - thoughts on this arm? I know its a classic but is this nostalgia or still a viable option? I could get it at a decent price plus no shipping/duty. Would this work on the Innovation?

Thanks once again to all, for the help.

Bdgregory... are you using the Aluminum arm or something else? What cart? Thanks in advance, Steve

Manitunc...

The Audiomods is $1300 before tax and shipping here in Canada.. so do you thing it is worth the $600.00 plus tax more than a new aluminum Clearaudio Satisfy?
Thanks in advance.
Steve

Sirlordcomic

I have made a few purchases since this all was happening!

On the Clearaudio TT at the moment is a Clearaudio Satisfy Carbon direct wired arm with a NOS Audio Technica DR500LC cart…. second arm is a Fidelity Research FR-64S with a Grado78/Orsonic AV-101S combo.

I have a Shure V15 III on the way with orig stylus and soon will move to the land of LOMCs and SUTs… now looking for a Fidelity Research FRT-4 or FRT-5 SUT and Ortofon SPUs and some things from Miyajima I think.

Thanks for asking.