Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms

It is not my intention to insult lovers of EPA-100 but Ikeda stated
clearly to prefer steel bearings above ''ruby'' - or  ''sapphire kind''.
Those used by Reed don't allow heavy counterweights. If I remember
well EPA -100 was not suitable for MC carts . The counterweight 
that is. Probably for the same reason? 
Hi Latin guy, I am so called ''bipatride'' with Slavic as well Dutch,uh,
identity or nationality. Depending from usability I use one or the
other. You are using expression ''absolutely'' in the right way. No
reason to accuse you of being Kantian. 

Not the right thread to talk about EPA or Reed design. I just tried to say that Ruby Ball Bearings is the whole different concept and it has nothing to do with FR 64s. Those arm are completely different, but both can be used with MM or MC, technics also made MC cartridges for their best tonearms (but they are not a low compliance MC, of course).

Thank you Chak, appreciate the correction.Hahaha Nandric, Luis at your disposal, very useful your duality.

I don't want to hijack the thread, but how good is FR54 compared to FR64? FR64 and of course FR66 are a way out of my budget. However there are many FR54s available at around $300.

You’d better find Lustre GST-801 tonearm, cheaper than 64s or 64fx, but this Lustre is excellent tonearm and already have VTA base on the fly (while for FR this base alone is $1500 secondhand).