Roksan Tabriz
British Made Tonearm with Offset Vertical Bearings
Description
The Roksan Tabriz is a conventional gimbal bearing tonearm with single piece headshell and arm tube.
The Tabriz can be bought as, or upgraded to Zi specification which uses the Zi intelligent counterweight option, improved fixing clamp from the Artemiz tonearm and Roksan's high definition phono cable.
The standard counterweight is compliantly mounted on rubber suspension and sits on a stem which is lower than the main arm tube to bring the weight in line with the stylus, reducing stylus pressure changes on warped records.
The Zi counterweight hangs from a single point on a rider on the rear stem, effectively decoupling it from the arm and dramatically lowering the centre of gravity. The latest version of the counterweight uses a tubular body style which accepts different weight blocks for cartridge matching.
The high definition cable option uses high quality, low-capacitance cable particularly suited to MC cartridges and features a short, highly flexible section close to the tonearm plug, useful on softly sprung turntables.
The arm is a drop in replacement for Rega cut armboards up to 26mm thick.
Specifications
Effective length: 240mm
Overhang: 17.5mm
Headshell offset angle: 22.9 degrees
Effective mass: 9g
Mounting hole diameter: 23mm
Armboard thickness 1 to 26mm
Cartridge weight: 5 to 11g
Tracking force: 1.2 to 2.5g uncalibrated
VTA adjustment: sliding collar
Anti-skate: dial adjuster
Review
Well built, pleasantly finished, ideal for turntable fans whose sights are set higher than the average bank balance - £165 What HiFI Award winner 1991
Though obviously targeted at the Xerxes, it is also a good alternative to the Rega arms in many applications - £165 HFC 1992
The Tabriz in it's Zi incarnation is an extremely competent arm that should work very well with a range of decks - £500 HFC 2003
Downloads
instruction/owners manual (en)
Zi instruction/owners manual (en)
protractor (en)
Zi protractor (en)
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