My 12" Reed 3P tonearm has arrived! I have to wait for Speedy Steve's custom arm plate before it can go on the KD-990, but first impressions are very positive.

Starting with the nice wooden box - well made, functional, but not fancy-bling.



Very nicely and sensibly packaged inside:





Here's the little lever that alters azimuth on-the-fly:



That's about it for now, since I can't mount it without the custom arm board, but it is nice to see that Reed's Main Effort has gone into the design, construction and finish of the arm, rather than on diamond-encrusted superfluous bling packaging and accessories.

It will be playing at the North West Audio Show with a Miyajima Shilabe fitted, so please come along to say hello and to have a listen.