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    I too saw this at Leamington and was mightily impressed.
    The finish was very good
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tea24 View Post
    Anyone tried the headshell alone on, say, a Jelco tonearm?
    No not yet but may in the future when I need too. I am tempted to try the magnetic feet, a set of 4 will support 30kg and a set of 3 will do 20kg. The price for these is very tempting at £149 for a set of 4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Henley View Post
    Yes you did mate, how much of an effect will it have on play back?
    Very little as Hugo has said. It will affect the channel balance/crosstalk momentarily as the record warp is ridden. I did calculate the small change in azimuth with arm angle, but have mislaid my notes. But it is only a small effect.

    So whilst it is not that important compared to things like arm integrity, minimising bending and torsional flexing modes and making the arm as neutral a cartridge carrier as possible, it doesn't take much to properly align the vertical bearings in an arm design - Garrard did it over fifty years ago.
    Barry

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    Did anyone hear it in action?
    What did it sound like?
    As it’s new anyone buying one is taking a punt.
    Is it a gimble or unipuvot type bearing?

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    I heard it via headphones at the Woodland Grange show with one of my Ortofon SPU#1S cartridges fitted, and it did sound very good - a nicely balanced, natural sound character that definitely bodes well for production versions. This arm looks like it might be a uni-pivot but it does have conventional bearings in both axes.

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