I'm not advocating the Dynavector for everyone, Kevin! Sure, it's an expensive arm, although beautifully made, and the law of diminishing returns applies. In my case, I had wanted one for the best part of thirty years so it was wonderful to finally take delivery of one direct from Tokyo production. It's a superb sounding arm (to my ears, much better than an SME V, for instance) but isn't for everyone. I still believe I'm the only person in the world to have mounted one on a Technics SL-1210.