Titanium tonearm

[gian60]

Someone tried Graham Elite with the Techdas Titanium tonearm?
Which are the difference between this and the normal,and which is more or less the price of Titanium tonearm?

Thanks
Gianluigi

 

[Tango]

Someone tried Graham Elite with the Techdas Titanium tonearm?
Which are the difference between this and the normal,and which is more or less the price of Titanium tonearm?

Thanks
Gianluigi

Very few titanium tonearm in the market. Beside Techdas, there is maybe only Vertere. The Axiom is not pure titanium but a titanium composite. I will be trying it soon. May I ask What other arms are you considering for your future Techdas ?

Kind regards,
Tang

 

[DaveyF]

Most people know of the Linn Ekos SE. this is a titanium tonearm.

 

[gian60]

I asked because Phanton III has the arm in titanium and if you want to buy a second arm cost euro 990 while the same arm in titanium from techdas cost euro 6.850.
Sure will be better quality but the difference in price is incredible.

@Tango For the arm i don't know very well.
I would like to buy Elite with titanium arm for Opus 1,i already bought a Koetsu sa 1100 MK VII to use with coralstone diamond,we tried on same turntable and same koetsu coralstone,Ikea 407 and koetsu and koetsu was better,at least with koetsu cartridge so i bought this,then i have an ortofon as 309s 12" where i put Audiotekne or SPU A95,and i am checking another one for A95

GFS i leave on Bergmann Sindre that i don't sell.

Vertere,SAT and Durand i know are top tonearm,but at that price i cannot buy
I was thinking also to Kronos arm

 

[rockitman]

The Phantom Supreme and Elite tonearms use titanium arm wands already. Not sure what the advantage of the hyper expensive TechDas arm wand version is. I have no interest at those obscene prices. You can buy quite a few very collectible golden ages classical lp's for the money you save.

 

[gian60]

Dear Christian,
you have absolutely right and i don't know how is possible this difference from 990 euro to 6.850

Nobody has to buy it

Regards

 

[JackD201]

Someone tried Graham Elite with the Techdas Titanium tonearm?
Which are the difference between this and the normal,and which is more or less the price of Titanium tonearm?

Thanks
Gianluigi

I ordered two for evaluation. I should get them by next month. Problem is, I don't get my speakers for another 2 or 3 so evaluation will be difficult.

The main difference I've seen is that the TD has no junctions. It is a one piece deal from head shell to connecting base on the main turret. I'm not sure if it is cast or milled at this point in time. My Elite is moving to the rear of the AF1 as the SAT will take the front location. If I like what I hear with the TD, I will probably add more of these to my present 3 Elite L wands.

 

[The Phantom]

Hello Jack,

I just came across this older post, so when I saw this I figured I'd best correct a detail: in point of fact, both the Graham Phantom III and Elite titanium wands, as well as the TechDAS titanium wand all have separate headshell and armtube connections. Two pieces, with the Graham having an additional section which is made by constrained layer damping to the barrel connector on the tonearm pivot assembly. Both are excellent, and both will give you the smoothness of highs, with the slam of bass, that we all strive for in this. Personal taste.....

I ordered two for evaluation. I should get them by next month. Problem is, I don't get my speakers for another 2 or 3 so evaluation will be difficult.

The main difference I've seen is that the TD has no junctions. It is a one piece deal from head shell to connecting base on the main turret. I'm not sure if it is cast or milled at this point in time. My Elite is moving to the rear of the AF1 as the SAT will take the front location. If I like what I hear with the TD, I will probably add more of these to my present 3 Elite L wands.

 

[JackD201]

Thanks for the correction Bob

 

[GaryProtein]

Is there something magical about a titanium tone arm or is it just the material du jour? . . . and what type of titanium? There are at least twenty I know of with different characteristics.

Doesn't the tone arm have to balance light weight to be compliant, sufficient mass to have inertia be stable in the grooves, possess sufficient stiffness not to flex but not so stiff to resonate?

It seems an arm composed of only one material can't take everything into account.