TONEARMS

[johnsteer]

I am looking at another tonearm and at the moment i have a rega modded by origami.Of the arms i am considering one is the audiomods series 5,the other is a technoarm and finally a sme m2.I know the sme is more money but just want to get some advice many thanks john

[RobbieGong]

Your deck ?

[johnsteer]

Oops did'nt think of that sorry it's a michell gyro

[Virtual-Symmetry]

You'll probably see more Rega'300' & SME 'V'/'IV' on Gyro's than anything else.

[Gazjam]

Hi John,
Technoarms a good shout with a Gyro, have that exact same combination myself.

Next step, look to an Audio Note Arm One as an upgrade to the Technoarm, even better if you get Johnnie at Audio Origami to rewire it with his Ikeda silver wire.
Heard a few accounts from sources I trust...thats that's an SME V beater.

[johnsteer]

Thanks for the input,i am going to look at an audio note to see what thats like

[Ammonite Audio]

Thanks for the input,i am going to look at an audio note to see what thats like

For a Rega-fit arm, that's about as good as it gets (I have an Arm3 II).

[Oldpinkman]

Hi John,

Heard a few accounts from sources I trust...thats that's an SME V beater.

I'm not sure that's a very high bar personally.

[DiveDeepDog]

I recently held an arm bakeoff, the Audionote Arm one was very disappointing, sounding tizzy with cymbols. It was bettered by AO modded RB250.

The best of the day was Audiomods V, closely followed by Roksan Tabriz (Cardas J7 rewire), I suspect the biggest difference between AM and Tabriz is in the wiring (Silver vs Copper)

We had AT OC9 mk2 on all the arms, on Acoustic Sig deck.

[Gazjam]

I'm not sure that's a very high bar personally.

Ah well.