Pete Riggle Woody tonearm


Has anyone here ever heard or owned the Pete Riggle Woody tonearm? Looks very nice to me. Opinions (about the Woody tonearm) from anyone who has used it or even heard it would be appreciated.
lewm

Showing 4 responses by markd51

It is possible this review you mention on Positive Feedback was by a man who is also a member over on Audiokarma, his handle is "Mr Pig".

He's running a Galibier Serac Table with the Riggle Arm, and a ZYX 4D Cartridge.

A really nice looking setup, he, and I have spent much time discussing his analog set-up with him, and he appears to be extremely pleased with how it all came together.

His take was that the Riggle Arm seemed very adequate, and compatible with the ZYX 4D Cartridge. Mark
Yes, he's there. just checked, John Hoffman is one of the reviewers for Positive Feedback. he's the person I mention above.

Yes, "adequate" is perhaps a blunt word to describe, but I think many who have owned, or used some of the ZYX Cartridges will agree, you don't place such world class transducers on just any Arm, and hope they perfom their best.

I'm sure John would be one actual hands on person who could share a lot of vaulable info about the Riggle Arm.
Mark
I'm sorry to all that I lack any journalistic, and reviewer expertise. I'm certainly no Mikey F! lol

And of course too, it is not I, who can further elaborate in detail of this Arm's qualities-attributes, and abilities. I've never owned, or used one. But John has, and has shared quite a bit with me by private coorespondence.

I do get the impression if it can live hand in hand very well compatibly with some of ZYX's best Cartridges such as the 4D, this in itself is a very high compliment to this Arm. Mark
Hello Lewm,
I think I got a little bit of a taste of what the UNIverse can do, since I own the Airy 3X SB. (Low Output)

It was our highly regarded inmate Doug Deacon who steered me to the Airy 3 through Sorasound. A brand new Benz Ruby 3 I had prior, never went back on my Table after experiencing the ZYX Cartridge. I was lucky, in that I had found very suitable pleasing results with a more humbly priced Arm, the AQ PT-9.

Little doubt that a better Arm than the AQ would bring even more refinement from these fine Cartridges, but I am very happy at present.

It was I who helped prod John Hoffman into suggesting, and him acquiring the ZYX 4D from Sorasound that currently resides on his Galibier Table with Riggle Woody Arm.

John was looking for a giant killer, and I think he is more than satisfied with what the ZYX 4D does in his system.

My concerns were not so much what the 4D could do, any lack of quality of the Riggle Arm to perform, but rather if the 4D would be a compatible compliance match for the Riggle Tonearm. This Arm-Cartridge combination has apparently worked extremely well John claims.
Mark