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Fidelity Research FR12 tonearm
I have one on my Sondek.
Deck is probably late 1970's so assume arm has always been on.
A cursory search of the web reveals little info about this Linn specific arm.
Is this a desirable thing? Certainly looks beautifully engineered.
On a par with SME of the same era? (SME factory is in my village coincidentally)
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These are nice arms the fr10 range I think. 12gm mass. Lovely
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Baby brother to the wonderful FR 64S. A lovely little arm which we sold back in the early 80s and often on the LP12. Frowned upon by Linn folk but our customers loved it.
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I read that Ivor had some input into the design of it?
If that was so why would Linn folk frown?
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Linn is 17260 serial number so probably 1978 vintage. Would the FR12 have been available then?
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Last fr12 sold for over £250
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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Ivor had nothing to do with the design. It was a total Japanese product along with their more expensive arms, wonderful MC cartridges and step-up x'mers.Originally Posted by mossy
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thank god,
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...seems as good a reason as any to buy one then!
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Hmmmm.....am I detecting a hint of non Linn love here
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