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    I’ve just bought one of these off eBay, lovely well made piece of kit, the attention to detail is excellent. I set it up in about an hour. Compared to the modded Rega RB250 I was using before, there is a lot more air around the instruments and vocals, larger soundstage and greater clarity.
    I’m very impressed with my first foray in to the wobbly world of the Uni.

    Any other fans?




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    It's not an arm I have see before - who is the manufacturer?
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    That's an Andy McNally special. See his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/northhillaudio
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    Yep love ‘em. Have a copy of a Wilson Benesch unipivot but made from rosewood that I am not using right now. Have made two other unipivots, one I made from an oak drumstick I cut in half and routed a groove for the cable. Glued together and made the rest from brass, the other I turned on the lathe from rosewood. Very good results from them both. The pivots I made from a steel spike pivoting on a watch/clock jewel. I now use a stax UA-70 that is a kind of unipivot that I cannot describe as I wouldn’t dare to take it apart to find out
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    That’s the very fellow, Andy is a great chap and the arm is outstanding, it’s made the VM-750SH sing, detail is up a notch, next I’ll try my MC carts. The brass collar allows for mass to be altered to suit MC or MM.


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    Quote Originally Posted by paulf-2007 View Post
    Yep love ‘em. Have a copy of a Wilson Benesch unipivot but made from rosewood that I am not using right now. Have made two other unipivots, one I made from an oak drumstick I cut in half and routed a groove for the cable. Glued together and made the rest from brass, the other I turned on the lathe from rosewood. Very good results from them both. The pivots I made from a steel spike pivoting on a watch/clock jewel. I now use a stax UA-70 that is a kind of unipivot that I cannot describe as I wouldn’t dare to take it apart to find out
    They’re interesting things, might have a go at making one myself, but for £300 not sure it’s worth the time?


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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveH1960 View Post
    They’re interesting things, might have a go at making one myself, but for £300 not sure it’s worth the time?


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    it doesn’t have to cost that much, more about having the time.
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    Just a question to you chaps. My new tonearm has a sliding weight on the arm wand, to make it “variable mass”?
    It’s great with MM, it put my VM-750 up a notch.
    I then tried a Koetsu Black which while sounded great, it didn’t have the impact of the 750, is this because of the tonearm mass?


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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveH1960 View Post
    I then tried a Koetsu Black which while sounded great, it didn’t have the impact of the 750, is this because of the tonearm mass?
    One way to find out would be to temporarily add a decent lump of BluTak to the top of the headshell and rebalance the arm. If it sounds beefier, you have your answer. A headshell weight can then be considered.
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    One way to find out would be to temporarily add a decent lump of BluTak to the top of the headshell and rebalance the arm. If it sounds beefier, you have your answer. A headshell weight can then be considered.
    I’ll give it a go, thanks.


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