No special version. I tried to buy for a friend, my dealer asked techdas, no special version, no elite in stock, i think it is sold out everywhere.
Find one, feel yourself lucky.
Thanks gents. There is indeed no special/limited version of the Elite.
I have since taken delivery of the 10" Elite, and while awaiting my Air Force One, I mounted the Elite on my Micro 8000-II. Very happy indeed!
I too am very impressed with the new Graham arm. The attached 99 cent bubble level was a nice touch.
Fellow Elite owners,
I have been trying to do some alignment with the Elite now that my Air Force One is here. While the Graham alignment using the spindle cup is a piece of cake, I did find the jig a tad hard to align the cartridge mounting precisely, due to parallax. So the OCD part of me printed out a custom arc template. In the process of generating the template, I googled a bit and the effective length I found was 247mm, but found two P2S distances, 229.4mm and 230.3mm.
Using the Conrad Hoffman template generator, it seems that for Lofgren A geometry, 230.3 does map to the effective length of 247mm. No way to map P2S of 229.4mm to 247mm using any of the geometries (Lofgren A/B or Stevenson). But then, if I am to try to align using the arc template instead of the jig, I need to move the cartridge back by a bit more than 1mm(!)
I will try to have a listen to see if this works, but I am puzzled. I get it that the Graham may have it's own alignment geometry, but is the P2S really 229.4 or 230.3mm? Even, is the effective length really 247mm? Not that it matters if I stick to the Graham jig, but my curious mind wants to know
I tried both Dr Feickert and Mint Lp protractors for Graham Elite. Interestingly the best out of Graham was via its own Graham jig. As you suggested Graham jig forces the overhang slightly shorter and zenith also considerably different compared to Mint. I recommend go with Graham jig.
I used a Mint LP for my supreme on another table...Yip uses a slightly different P2S and effective length calculation. I found the Graham method sounds best.
Mattthew
Bob Graham is a member here (Phantom)
I know he is getting ready for Newport so he might not read this but perhaps send him a PM
Dear Rockitman or Christian,
I hope you are well. So my best wishes. Otherwise I would like to thank you for your advice last year to buy a Graham Elite Phantom. Ordered it in June 2015 and received it in December in Europe ! Very long but the waiting is valuable... Indeed very very impressive by comparisson with my previous Graham Supreme Phantom II...
All other readers, I advice to really think about the Elite. It belongs to another league of high-end equipment upgrade. Mine is linked to Lyra Atlas with ODIN phono, Lenco JTN 75 Ref MKII... I added also a Nordost Odin Power Cable (amazing)/ More microdynamics details...
Many thanks again,
All the best,
Musically,
JIM in France around Paris
Dear Rockitman or Christian,
I hope you are well. So my best wishes. Otherwise I would like to thank you for your advice last year to buy a Graham Elite Phantom. Ordered it in June 2015 and received it in December in Europe ! Very long but the waiting is valuable... Indeed very very impressive by comparisson with my previous Graham Supreme Phantom II...
All other readers, I advice to really think about the Elite. It belongs to another league of high-end equipment upgrade. Mine is linked to Lyra Atlas with ODIN phono, Lenco JTN 75 Ref MKII... I added also a Nordost Odin Power Cable (amazing)/ More microdynamics details...
Many thanks again,
All the best,
Musically,
JIM in France around Paris
Do any of the Graham Phantom Elite Owners know if Bob ever published a Set-up/Instruction manual specific to the Elite? I purchased an Elite earlier in 2015 and it came with a Phantom 2.2 Manual.
Thanks,
Kyle
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