TW-Acustic Arm

I do not think anyone outside of Germany has there heard it in their setup.
Jeff from High Water should get one soon, and hearing all of TW's other products over the years with new introductions, I assume it will be another home run.
I believe this arm is priced to compete with the Graham Phantom, Tri-Planar and SME V, price point.
The pictures that I have seen are a product of top notch quality.
Speaking with Thomas of TW to get some impressions of usability, he said it will work with many different cartirdges in various weight ranges and compliances.

It would be wise to have a listen to it for yourself, to make your own judgements. Some folks here have their own adgenda's and opinions.
I will be listening to it for the first time at this years RMAF.

Nolitan

You are right, but would it not be best to have your own opinion on a tonearm from a brief audition than to ask someone here for an opinion.

"Any new updates on the 10.5 tonearm ?"

Comparison are great like you state above, but I highly doubt most or anyone shopping for a TW arm will have a dealer willing to setup an arm in a system, or anything else for that matter these days. Dealers have showrooms for that purpose. Unfortunately that is the way it is.

Reviews and opninons stated here are just that. I would rather trust my own ears in a brief demo over what has been writen here or any other place.

I have had my 10.5 for about a month now and I think it sounds and performs great. I first set it up wth my Miyabi 47 and heard music from my setup like never before. Bass extension, depth and size was the most I have ever heard in my house. Clean and full with that cartridge.
I am now using the Dynavector XV-1s and it is even better overall. Clean top end and very nice mids with a lot of clarity. Bass has a better leading edge compared to the Miyabi. Either cart is very nice.

Darren

The XV-1s is a tight fit, the headshell lead connectors are a bit long and the XV-1s is a long cartridge so it makes for a tight fit.

I like how easy the TW arm is to setup. The VTA is nice and smooth, the anti-skate is very nice, and VTF makes changes a breeze.

Let me know how the Titan i sounds on the TW, I am sure you can live without the SQ for a while.

Andrew

From my time with the Phantom, I find the 10.5 is a bigger sounding arm with even better dynamics and cleaner bass. You probaly notice that first, with all things being equal. Its sound stage to me is more pinpoint without having imaging that are unrealistic, eg singers mounth as tall as a two story building, but that may be system dependent. The Phantom, I found is very good in its mid range in providing a lot of information, the 10.5 is at least on par with it there.

I do like the tool Bob Graham provides for his arms.

You no longer need a seperate phono cable with the TW 10.5, so that it nice. A very user friendly arm, a least with the TW AC.