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Upgrade my tone arm?

I proudly own a super nice Woodsong Garrard 301 with an Ortophon RS 309D arm and a Myajima Shalabi cartridge. My phono stage is it he one in my Atma-Sphere MP-3 preamp. Upgrade fever has taken hold and I am thinking of getting a Triplaner tonearm. I do have dual arm boards on my Woodsong. I understand that the Triplaner would be a significant upgrade. However, since I am fairly new to analog, it has been a steep learning curve. Such a big investment is in question since I don’t completely understand how much of an improvement a significantly better arm would be. Any advise would be appreciated.
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gmercer
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I recently upgraded to a Thales Simplicity tonearm. I could not be happier or more impressed. If you want a significant upgrade to your arm I would consider it, or the Thales Easy. Both utilize tangential tracking in a pivoted design, and so if you would like an upgrade that you may really hear I'd consider something substantial like the Thales.
The Schroeder LT mentioned earlier provides that same benefit too.
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