Reed 5T Opinions


I think the Reed 5T is a brilliant design. I have seen many negative comments out there but one very positive review.
It is a tangential tracker with only one negative factor and that is that it has a second but isolated horizontal bearing.
The bearing is of the sleeve type which is like a small version of a turntables spindle bearing. There would be essentially no laxity other than in the horizontal plane. It is driven by a very slow linear motor so virtually no vibration. That motor is controlled by a laser aimed at a sensor array.  The tonearm wand has brilliant needle bearings and has almost the same horizontal effective mass as vertical. There is no skating force at all. There are several arm wand materials of various effective masses so you can use any and all cartridges. The arms change out in seconds and you only need to adjust VTF. See it in action here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q-Ai35XZsE sorry for the shaky camera. Comments? What am I missing?
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I recently purchased the Reed 5A.  Mark Dohmann set it up on a new Helix 1 MK2 turntable with the Hana Red cartridge (with a custom designed shim, from JR Boisclair at Wallytools.  The shim corrects Zenith error and an additional product included with the shim corrects the rake angle error.)

The sound is stunning, rivaling my Sonorus ART10 tape deck playing master tapes.  

This is, by far, the best sounding analogue reproduction I have ever experienced.  The arm is a beautiful design, and a pleasure to use and behold.

Highly recommended