Phantom Supreme to 4Point-14?

EPA 100 (both versions) is not suitable for MC carts. BTW Ikeda-san deed

not trust ruby bearings. Reed kinds also use saphire bearings  which have

limited (counter) weight  possibilty. Vidmantas refused to provide me with

heavier kinds because if this ''saphire limitation''.

Addendum. I own Sumiko 800 with 6 couter-weights. Meant for carts

from 6g till 25g. The idea being to get each weight as near as possible

to the pivot. One can deduce ''some'' conclusions from this info

assuming the premise is ''correct''. 

It would be interesting to know if and why  Breuer refused to provide

his customers with additional counter weights?  Alabertporter was his

friend and also importer of Breuer arms in America. He should be 

able to explain the issue. There are ''rummours'' that his bearings

were not from steel.

Wrm, having visited a branch of Hifido during a recent visit to Tokyo, I’m wondering how they ever do business. Anything of real interest in that shop was marked as being under negotiation, therefore not for sale. How long can it take to “negotiate “? Same goes for their website.

Dear @nandric : What Ikeda-san " said " it does not matters about the Technics EPA 100 tonearms and it’s only his own ignorance about.

EPA 100 works really fine with any kind of cartridges including LOMC ones. I owned all Technics top vintage tonearms models where in all them Technics gaves as an additional choice a second heavier counterweigth. Even I still own one of its models.

So, Technics knew exactly how theirs designs " runs " and certainly not you or the Redd one or Ikeda can´’t go against Technics designs where everything was CALCULATED by its experts engineers.

Who are you against Technics? when its tonearms are just superb with any cartridge.

R.