what are some of best tonearms you own or experience with.


i have Triplaner universal and is very good.   want a 2nd thothinking of Kuzma 4-point 14 inch.???what others?
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The Basis Vector 3 which I owned was a great tonearm. I really made me aware of the importance of high quality tonearm.

The current tonearm on my Garrard 301 is an Ikeda IT 407 CR-1. A great match with low compliance cartridges in particular Ikeda cartridges. A worthy successor to the Fidelity Research tonearms. 
@sokogear 
Your question about Rega wasn’t addressed to me, but I have owned a 600 on a p25 turntable and a Basis branded 250? On a Basis 2100 turntable.

When I replaced the 250 with a Basis Vector 3 the difference was a massive improvement. Although Mr. Conti at Basis said to expect this actually hearing the difference allowed me to understand how much a difference a tonearm can make.
Based on that I think Rega is “good for the money” but not a great tonearm. Just my experience, yours may vary