rauliruegas
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| Another “How to choose an arm” question Dear @mijostyn : SAEC tonearms are in the high mass range but the real problems are that's an undamped design and the knife bearing . We can think that knife tonearm bearing is almost frictionless and a dream for that job but it's not and it'... | |
| Another “How to choose an arm” question Dear @mijostyn : Yes, you are rigth but when you can't mount a second tonearm in the same TT then the arm pod is an alternative. I can tell you that I had a long first hand experiences with external arm pods when I was using my Denon's in nak... | |
| Another “How to choose an arm” question @mijostyn , got it but the Reed could work for the second tonearm that needs an external arm pod. R. | |
| Another “How to choose an arm” question https://sotaturntables.com/services/updates-upgrades/ and the Eclipse upgrade that mijostyn posted. mijostyn for what you posted you have very low knowledge level on the SAEC tonearm quality performance. Of course that if the 317 colorations ... | |
| Another “How to choose an arm” question https://www.originlive.com/hi-fi/tonearm/ | |
| Another “How to choose an arm” question https://www.reed.lt/tonearm/ | |
| Another “How to choose an arm” question Dear @holmz : Look for no unipivot designs, no matters what. Even that you like stay away of knife bearing designs. Read carefully the tonearm manufacturer site information, is very important. Look for well damped tonearms. Medium mass is fine. R... | |
| DIY TT This could be interesting for SOTA TT owners: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/calling-all-sota-fans/post?postid=2227945 R. | |
| DIY TT @holmz : Both are entry level items, SAEC had four other tonearms a top yours. In the early 80's the top of the line had retail price in Jpan of 108,000 Yens and ours 52K and the 308 48K Yens. In the other side and if you own the Saphire ( y... | |
| DIY TT Dear @holmz : " a low bid for a DQX, which was declined..." Looks like you really did not want to buy it and is at a bargain price. No, problem fine with me. Now, I understand that your SOTA is not the Saphire model or at least you don't stated... | |
| DIY TT Dear @lewm @mijostyn and friends : Any one of us must have the Townshend experiences it does not matteras which analog rig we have. After do it our analog world could chage in the way we are accustom to. Try to look for the opportunity to do it... | |
| DIY TT Btw, @holmz and if you decide to go with today full warranty TT/tonearm then add to look for Acoustic Signature and in wespecial way the Townshend unit that's is an exceptional TT/tonearm at really good price. In the next link several audiophile... | |
| DIY TT @holmz : I posted information on vintage TTs only because you asked for that Denon 3000 but today TTs are very good designs, cmes with full warranty and you always can fabricate stand alone tonearm tower board for a second/third tonearm. Even som... | |
| DIY TT Dear @holmz : Fortunatelly you don't need to fabricate nothing. In the ebay TT link in the second photo you can see one tonearm board, that unit already comes with one arm board and in ebay you find out more arm boards for 12",10" or 9" tonearms.... | |
| DIY TT Dear @lewm : I don’t care what other people that I don’t know could tell about but I have first hand experiences with the M-S DD units and it’s not that way. You are only " speaking ". Good. In the other side I have and owned the behemoth BD ... |