Of course, some of these have been surpassed (SME) and some are so lightweight they require very high compliance cartridges, the Mayware style unipivots some Grace arms and the ∞BW. Sonus, Polk, Mayware and JR Reproducers damped unipivot These arms were never inexpensive, they are however relatively economic in comparison to some of the contemporary esoterica.ĭynavector, the 505 from 77, the 501 from 85 and the 507 from 85 Incidentally, your Dynavector DV-507 is another superarm from around the same period. This is where a company like SME excels in my view: they then transferred the warranty and one of the set up tools (missing when the replacement arrived) arrived within 24 hours gratis and no postal charges either.Ĭhances are the SME V will be around for a long time, as their classic arms have proven, seeing off more than a few rivals. The number of different engineering processes involved in making this arm is impressive, heartwarmingly so.
My intention was to then go down the Breuer Dynamics route but that was just so expensive that I abandoned the idea.Įventually, I found a “secondhand” example which was on an Orbe for a very short time, less than a month from memory, the then owner opting for another arm and a virtually new V coming my way. I had my first one for around 18 years or so, even managing to offload it for around the initial purchase price. It has it’s detractors, still you do see an awful lot of them on other manufacturer’s turntables. I think when it arrived on the scene, the SME V was a big step forward for a company with a serous tonearm heritage/lineage. Never one to pass up an off topic meander. Most budget tables come with the 8.6" arm, most tables above the budget contingent are 9" arms so an arm by Rega are 9 inches, and while some would say that's too short, if you align the cart well onto it, it'll play very well.Ī bit off topic, just got to say stuartypoorty I have always loved the look of the SME V. Plus, the overall package has to be considered as a whole because what makes the table is the combination of materials, construction and overall design so if you have a turntable sans arm that you know tends to run analytical, an arm will just lesson that characteristic somewhat but at the expense of making it uninvolving, flat then what?Īs said, most better newer arms will give you more adjustments for VTF, VTA/SRA, and azimuth for optimal tracking than most older arms but you also have to consider the cart, arm wiring, interconnect and phono stage down stream of the table as well as they can make or break the table you are considering as well.Īlso, as said, length is also a consideration here as well.
I agree with the others here in that you can't just isolate the arm's characteristics as it also has to interplay with the plinth/platter/motor assembly and how well it gets coupled to the plinth (the more solidly the coupling, the better bass it may produce being just one example). Top five.not many, if any will have auditioned all that is available, in or out of production so a near impossible question to answer. I could probably rhyme off about twenty classic and contemporary designs that would easily satisfy me, not break the bank and work with any number of cartridges.
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Proper alignment of the cartridge as it sweeps towards the final track on an album side is very important as are all of the dial in factors permitted by modern tonearms.Īllowing for all the set up parameters, component synergy and so forth, critical listening is the sole way to determine a tonearm’s “musicality” and that within the context of system, playback environment and choice of music.įunny thing is some brilliantly executed and engineered arms which are a doddle to install up sound much less compelling than ones that are not so well made, lack features, are a difficult installation and set up. Tangential and parallel tracking arms should, by replication/tracing of the master disc cutting process, portray music in a more realistic manner.
The Danish Moerch tonearms are supposedly very involving. I’m on my second SME V which if you’re a non tweaker such as myself is fit, set and forget.
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