Hi Steve,

Nice to hear from you again

Now that is interesting, given all the 'hoo-hah' surrounding the Terminator. I still rate it as an excellent (although fugly, to my eyes) tonearm.

However, synergy wins the day again... The PL-71 and its stock arm were quite simply designed to be used together to form a 'musical whole'. With a turntable, just the same as anything else in hi-fi, it's the sum of the parts not the talents or otherwise of individual components that counts.

Incidentally, have you been following my Tannoy thread? Tomorrow I'll be posting the final thoughts on my journey and comparing Reds to Golds with stock and modified crossovers, which you may find interesting

Marco.