Analog Eye Candy Part Deux, Tonearms

MylesBAstor

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hvbias

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Tonearm made from a violin bow :eek:



 

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two of my arms
 

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FrantzM

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Hi

These tonearms are to me forever modern-looking . Transcriptor


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Fluid Tonearm
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Vestigial

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I don't think there are ever been another tonearm with this technology. Analog gurus should chime in . Read about it HERE
 

MylesBAstor

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Sharp eye.
 

MylesBAstor

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simplicity

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Hi Myles - thanks for the welcome :)

The original (and no longer made I believe) Thales arm was the Thales Original/AV - see here http://www.tonarm.ch/index.php?page=product This had all sorts of madness going on!

I waited till I could get a Simplicity in a different finish to gold per the website pic.

It is a fabulous design - pivoted arm that acts 'like' a linear tracker.

It is an expensive item though but using and listening to it has confirmed that it's worth every penny. Prior to this i had many arms including SME V, Ikeda 407 and Graham Phantom. I'm very happy with the Simplicity - in fact my whole vinyl from end is now at a level where I would have to spend a lot of money to improve on it.

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Tron Seven Phono in "GT" specification.
 

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16hz lover

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4 decent arms
 

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MRJAZZ

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I have this custom VPI DIRECT DRIVE for sale. PM me for details.......

Cheers....
 

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A bit late to the party but thought that I would add the ViV float as it gets little air time DSCF0461.jpg
 

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