TW Raven 10.5" Tonearm


Hi All

I'm 'considering' a TW Raven tonearm BUT that silly looking bird painted on the bearing section really puts me off. I've got in contact with TW Acustic but he will not return my emails. The silly looking painted bird looks so out of place on a tonearm. My 4 year old daughter painted one just like it last week.

Does anyone know if it is screen printed on or etched. If screen printed I could take it off with paint stripper!

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dravden
please layoff dertonarm. can't you guys recogize someone suffering from stylus envy and short cantilever complex.
i have received a few inquiries about the problems i had with the tw arm. basically, i initially broke the white ground wire while adjusting the azimuth. it was my mistake and not a problem with the arm. this led to the arm being damaged in shipping which led to some other problems that were easily fixed. tw did not charge me to fix the arm despite the fact that i broke it. also, they changed my tone arm cable from the RCA termination i had originally requested to a XLR termination that i decided to change to for no charge. the service has been incredible and the problems originated with me. finally, i want to emphasize that the graham is a world class arm--it just wasn't the arm for me in this system i hope i did not offend anyone's system or tastes--it was not my intent.
by the way the arm is playing now--trouble free. i hope i didn't cause any needless fear about tw reliability. if the proof is in the pudding--my next purchase will be a second tw arm for the mono cart i want. over and out