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

I ran the SME5 for some years. It benefited greatly from the Sumiko Analog Survival kit; its arm tube had a way of 'talking back' to the cartridge. The Sumiko kit shut that up.


Using the 14" Kuzma we got Best Sound at Show from Dick Olsher.

I haven't owned all that many, but the Graham Phantom III is the best tonearm I've owned.

Well Harry of VPI is describing some of the 3D printed Tonearms on straightness  issues better than me :

quoted from VPI forums :Re: Are Audio magazine rating worth anything?

by Harry » Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:26 am 

You can call VPI and they will deal with it for you or you can do what I do and warm up the headshell and just make it straight. All 3D printing, especially when it is thin like that has a memory from when it was made. I just warm it up and make it straight with my wife's hair blower, but if you would rather have a new one contact the office.  

HW

Are you kidding me?

Unfortunately not, follow the link.
it’s beyond my logic that I had to use hair driers to straighten grossly,  6,000 usd VPI Tonearms by hand.