Tonearm Reviews
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 by CreSon
Har provat många tonarmar men - man återgår oftast till sina gamla SME-armar. Har just nu två SME-3009 en MkIII och en MkII. Jag ångrar bittert idag att jag lät mig övertalas att sälja min SME-12! Är det ngn som har en på lager?
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 by michael h.
Wunderbarer Tonarm
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 by Quiras
The SME Series III sounds wonderful. I think is the best arm in the SME range (sonically).
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by Alexis69
Wonderful tonearm, one of the best still available.
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by cardonar
It sings with my aluminum body denon dl-103r. Im my heavily plinth lenco sounds amazing! It killed my Linn LP-12 w/valhalla and Ittok. Well, even my Rek-O-Kut killed the Linn.
by D79B
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by dcbingaman
One of the best. Beautifully machined - best bearings I 've ever played with. Right up there with the Mission Mechanic as one of the most rigid, unshakable arms ever made. Outstanding choice for low compliance MC's. Will put any unipivot to shame in the bass for these cartridges.
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 by abril
Rega fit so a drop in replacement,easy to set up - although can be a little awkward to fine tune downforce.Stylus alignment with front edge of headshell so easy to get initial alignment.
Well made and beautifully presented with excellent sound.
Settings stay put,unlike other unipivots I've had.
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by electrovoice
I have had mine upgraded by Origin Live. Rewired, structural modification and spring removed. Now sounds amazing even with a modest Ortofon Red.
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by PatMatt
Undoubtedly the best low mass tonearm I've ever used or heard. My Denon DL-103D cartridge never sounded as good as it did on this arm.
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by PatMatt
Outstanding arm that can maximize the performance of the great Low Output Moving Coils. A snap to set up and a joy to use. Perhaps the rarest of the Audio Technica arms, and certainly the best.
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by jrc19570
I have 2 505 mk1 and a mk3. All work flawlessly. I can compare most cartridges to see major differences no problem. Bought all used and still not a problem.
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by paoloop
A very underestimated tonearm..many users trew it away in favour of SME in the early Transcriptors Hydraulic turntable. But..as time goes by I find it more and more interesting: unipivot, with fluid bed, quite light (so better with high compliance cartridges), very good tracer, clean and dynamic sound..it supports also medium weight MCs with very good responses; transients are one of its strenghts; VTA and lateral balance are adjustable; it predates many modern unipivots which are indebted to it..like the turntable.
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by tnsilver
It took me weeks before I got the setting right for the TP-16 on my TD-160. Weeks!!! I used an Ortofon DS-1 scale to set the final tracking force instead of trusting the TP-16 dial. Initially, the bearings adjustment was either too tight or too loose - it's hard to get right. Finally, the arm rest came in contact with the wand - just a fraction of a millimeter - but enough to cause miss-tracking near the end of an LP. Once I got all that set correctly... WOW!!! It's superior to many arms I had before and it's not inferior to the SME 3009 II imp. that I purchased out of initial frustration with the TP-16. I use Stanton 681EEE (MM) and Denon DL160 (MC) carts and the TP-16 is a surprisingly amazing tonearm.
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by rockedove
Great little arm, Well made. Focused midband, clean treble.
Works well with both moving magnets & some moving moving coils alike.
Easy to fit & adjust too.
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by coiner55
Yes the setup is different but still easy to mount. In my opinion this arm is a world beater. The turntable has a great reputation but it is the arm that makes it special. Although the arm mass is light, I find it perfect for low complience cartridges.
Makes a Denon 103 sing and a koetsu enchant. Nothing quite like it. The silicon damping makes anyone feel like a master dj as you drop the needle.
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by hi_torq
Robust, basic tonearm as standard equipment on RP2/9 and RP2/10 grams (each based on SP-10II). Wired with 2 x co-axial screened cable (not particularly flexible), terminated in subminiature co-ax connectors. Vertical bearing axis not perpendicular to headshell, hence sideways roll [of cartridge] above horizontal (i.e. on warps). No anti-skate mechanism fitted. Fixed geometry and non-slotted cartridge mounting holes. Height adjustment possible. Decoupled, adjustable counterweight. Raise/lower mechanism, optical groove-locator and arm rest are integral to standard plinth. Original cartridge was Shure SC35C, but Ortofon OM-PRO has been used widely and successfully. Sound quality can be described as adequately neutral, with solid bass.
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