How nice is this tonearm

[Barry]

OK, we've had some fun and there have been some daft suggestions in the name of comedy, but Al started this as a serious thread, so I think it's time to post an arm that I hope we can all agree is utterly stunning and probably the best looking arm ever made.



Mods - you can close the thread now, and feel free to ban anyone who disagrees for a week!

Really - such as?

And no - despite its superb performance, the Alphason arm is not "utterly stunning and probably the best looking arm ever made".

[walpurgis]

I thought they were for listening to anyway. Not gawping at!

[Barry]

I thought they were for listening to anyway. Not gawping at!

Yes, that's why they are erroneously called 'tonearms'.

[Marco]

OK, we've had some fun and there have been some daft suggestions in the name of comedy, but Al started this as a serious thread, so I think it's time to post an arm that I hope we can all agree is utterly stunning and probably the best looking arm ever made.



Mods - you can close the thread now, and feel free to ban anyone who disagrees for a week!

No disagreement there - and also far nicer looking/better sounding than any modern SME!

[Thread closed]

No, not really......

Marco.

[Ammonite Audio]

OK, we've had some fun and there have been some daft suggestions in the name of comedy, but Al started this as a serious thread, so I think it's time to post an arm that I hope we can all agree is utterly stunning and probably the best looking arm ever made.



Mods - you can close the thread now, and feel free to ban anyone who disagrees for a week!

Interesting that Avid chose titanium as the armtube and headshell material for their new tonearms! Maybe the old Alphason inspired that choice? Whatever, these new arms look lovely and I hope the sound matches the engineering and finish.

[AlfaGTV]

Well, if money were no object i'd seriously consider one of these:


Some more reading here:
https://www.stereophile.com/content/...logies-tonearm

[karma67]

As I own one I would also have to agree. It is a bit timeless in its elegant simplicity. It's beautifully machined too from titanium and stainless steel.

i also own one and agree with you totally,oh and it destroys mission 774's

[Bigman80]

i also own one and agree with you totally,oh and it destroys mission 774's

Im not having it, Jamie. I need one of my own to try against my mission774.

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[Barry]

Well, if money were no object i'd seriously consider one of these:


Some more reading here:
https://www.stereophile.com/content/...logies-tonearm

$28,000 is a lot of dosh for an arm! But the designer seems to have thought carefully about the design. I like the idea of the 'falling weight' bias compensation producing constant torque, which most don't.

Don't agree with the designer's choice of null-radii though.

[Beobloke]

Interesting that Avid chose titanium as the armtube and headshell material for their new tonearms! Maybe the old Alphason inspired that choice?

I had a chat with Conrad from Avid at Munich and I couldn't possibly comment...