Been searching for a list of tonearms that will work with the AX-1 armboard with no luck. Anyone have any knowledge of what tonearms are compatible without having to upgrade the armboard?
Dear Weirdsailboat: I don't know which ADC tonearm you own ( mayme LMf-1 or 2. ) but in my experience ( I owned ADC tonearm ) is a good tonearm if you matched with the right cartridge that in the ADC case is a MM cartridge.
There are many options for a good MM cartridge at a very good price ( around 150.00-200.00 ). The quality MM cartridge performance is " surprising " high. So IMHO you not necessary need a new tonearm but a new MM cartridge and with the money that you save you can buy a lot of LP's.
As others have pointed out, the cartridge/tonearm match is more important than the tonearm itself. Since the cartridge shapes the sound more, you should really settle on that first.
If you're talking about a low output MC, you'll need a step-up to boost the signal before going into your phono stage. What cartridge are you planning to use?
A Micro Seiki MA-505 will work. Used they run about $500 or so. As Raul said whatever you get will need a cartridge that matches up with the arm. I used a Dynavector 20XL on my MA-505.
Well as of right now I've got an Audio Dynamics Corporation tonearm that was bought at the time of purchase with the DDX by it's previous owner along with an Empire MC20 cartridge. Cartridge sounds OK but I'm not happy with the tonearm at all. I'm pretty limited to 600 at the moment as I'm shopping for a pre-amp and speakers as well. Thank you both for your input.
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Dear Weirdsailboat: IMHO I think that almost any tonearm could work with that TT, what I think is more important is with which cartridge do you want to match that tonearm because the cartridge quality performance depends on the matched tonearm.
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