DIY Tonearm
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YNWOAN
100% Analogue
It's anodised aluminium.
audioflyer
No going back once you heard a ceramic cartridge
Hopefully it will be visually different.
audioflyer
No going back once you heard a ceramic cartridge
Thank you I did.
audioflyer
No going back once you heard a ceramic cartridge
If I had it my way I would just build it as a copy but that seems unfair as the ARO is a great product it just a shame it no longer made.
I think it would be nice to adapt it as the bases for an arm that we can all build.
These are just my thoughts and maybe of others:-
Replace the arms threaded mounting base and locking collar with a three point.mounting arrangement.
Head- shell redesigned to allow some adjustment for cartridge alignment.
A lift and lower device
Keep the pivot yoke but add a flange to the lower edge.
Nobody will know how it sounds unless one is built.
Sharif.
I think it would be nice to adapt it as the bases for an arm that we can all build.
These are just my thoughts and maybe of others:-
Replace the arms threaded mounting base and locking collar with a three point.mounting arrangement.
Head- shell redesigned to allow some adjustment for cartridge alignment.
A lift and lower device
Keep the pivot yoke but add a flange to the lower edge.
Nobody will know how it sounds unless one is built.
Sharif.
flatpopely
Prog Rock/Moderator
Why not ask NAIM if you could build it under license?
I made quite a lot of small refinements to the headshell design today. The links earlier in the thread to the STEP and the EMS files should still be fine. Here is a picture for those who are interested:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uiuvlexxbq099jk/headshell.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uiuvlexxbq099jk/headshell.jpg
audioflyer
No going back once you heard a ceramic cartridge
I had thought about that I will ask them. The problem would be tooling up the machine shop to run a small batch.
Sharif.
flatpopely
Prog Rock/Moderator
NAIM only made about 1100 AROs so do the math.
audioflyer
No going back once you heard a ceramic cartridge
Wow that is a low I was think it was 3000.
If it was possible to make them I'll need to have them made in batches of ten.
flatpopely
Prog Rock/Moderator
It was 1100, and thats worldwide over its product lifespan!
Chops54
pfm Member
That sounds more like it
How do feel about a one piece pillar instead of the original rather complex arrangement? What's the flange for?
audioflyer
No going back once you heard a ceramic cartridge
If you can wait a little bit longer I'm in talk's with a CNC machine shop to manufacture all the parts.
Sharif.
audioflyer
No going back once you heard a ceramic cartridge
That sounds more like it
If you look at the yoke the piece that hold the arm tube and the counter weight greater stability could be had if it could be made longer.
You can't make it longer as it will bottom out with the arm board mounting.
It is just a thought the same could be achieved by adding a flange.
I think machining wise it's a good idea but I would like to try the decoupled one as well.
Thanks for clarifying that Mark.
I would be extremely surprised if Naim agreed to licence this thing without full quality control over it and hence some kind of licence fee. Also if I were Naim I wouldn't be too happy about the possibility of copies of a product being out there with the potential for one to be thought of as the real thing. Therefore something about it would have to be sufficiently visually different as to allow no confusion (pink arm wand anyone)
flatpopely
Prog Rock/Moderator
They agreed for us to make an exact copy of the shoebox sleeve, even giving us the exact paint type and application finish. The only stipulation was we should not claim it was made by NAIM.