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Agreed. It got a good review in HFN.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Asking prices for Philips 9710M full range speakers are getting very silly. Over £420 asked here, excluding shipping, VAT & duty. It is a US listing.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/pair-of-vi...oAAOSwBoZZdjOg
:) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jamie123
Looks near-identical to the Dynavector tonearms, one of which Martin T (ex of this parish) uses. I presume that Abis are rather like Jelco, in that they make arms for high-end manufacturers to essentially 're-badge' as their own?Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Marco.
That's hideous, Barry - I'm surprised at you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Wooden arms have never floated my boat - too flimsy looking and low-mass for my needs. I prefer the more 'agricultural' variety! ;)
Marco.
Are they insane? Garrard DD75 turntable, bid up to £322 so far. Ends shortly. I wouldn't give more than £20 for one, if I even wanted it!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Ga...kAAOSwy5BZngh0
Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
It'll outperform your DD turntable.
S.
A lot less 'hideous' than the Alphason IMO, and far more professional looking - but then we ought not be swayed by looks alone. Wood has very good damping properties, but has only been used in a few arms (the only vintage arm that come to mind is the ADC 40), but I believe there are some recent modern arms that use wood (the Schroeder (?)).Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I suspect it's more difficult (expensive) to fashion and drill out a wooden arm than it is to bend a metal tube.
It may look superficially similar to the Dynavector, but the Dynavector is a bi-axial arm: the pivot for vertical motion are not co-located with those handling horizontal movement. As such the Dynavector has a considerably lower effective mass in the vertical plane (~ 6g I think), than it does in the horizontal plane (~30g).Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Whilst the Abis does have slightly dissimilar values, they are closer (19/26g vert/horiz) because the pivot points are closer.
The Abis is made for a Japanese distribution company called Silbatch' presumably on an OEM basis. I could well be made by Jelco (who I suspect also make the Ortofon badged arms for Ortofon, but I could be wrong).