Sideways Uni-Pivot Arm, SUPATRAC Blackbird, formerly "Ekos Killer (Price?)"

I quite like the way the narrator's claim that we are "fresh! young! newcomers!" cues up the closeup of my grey, growing bald patch. That German sense of humour ;-)

 

Yeh, but compared to much of the industry....

 

Nice to see things are going well.
Hope it continues for you

 

Probably less well than both.

 

Excellent! Glad Mr. Fremer was friendly and took the time to give the arm a listen and hope the review goes forward

I like the red Garrard plinth, as it's just so different to most idler drive supports and as a result, totally unexpected. Also like the form factor too, following the contours of the Garrard top plate.

 

Nice one. Beautifully and confidently explained, Richard. Although "you're not much to look at".

 

Another balding middle-aged man in a sea of us ;-)

I got a bit excited because we all know how effective the Fremer spotlight is. It's quite a surreal moment when you sit in the two centre front seats and have a little listen to your own hand-made tonearm with Michael Fremer! I owe a lot of thanks to everyone on this thread and others who have helped me get this far by sharing your views and ideas, and especially all those who have bought a Blackbird thereby helping to keep the pro-ject on the road.

Rik of Takumi is a very nice chap and he bought one of my display arms and took it at the end of the show.

Munich was a phenomenal experience and I give a big shout to Moonriver, Sonner, Pachanko and OePhi who gave my mullet deck a platform for three days and loved it enough to order three arms between them. Their room sounded great, and their digital kit sounded superb too.

 

Get ready to scale up.

 

Richard - Well done! Still love my SUPATRAC / LP12 StackAudio combo - and it's been so nice seeing your story develop! Keep going!!

 

Nice success story in what is a very crowded market.

 

Really enjoyed listening to your chat. Congrats.

 

This is great to see, well done @sonddek

 

Great coverage. Very nicely explained. Well done, Richard.

That said, for the UK market, I'd avoid using display records with that particular combination of purple and yellow if I were you.

 

I think that the fremer video explains loads about how the tonearm works, a great demo of the properties of the arm by yourself.

Rgds
Stuart

 

Nice to see a small scale (for now) specialist product inch its way into a very competitive market. The conversation was interesting in so far as that builder was not engaging in the usual sales pitch, rather it was his enthusiasm and engineering nohow that came across in abundance. Sadly too expensive for me, but no doubt with a bit of luck and continued hard work, this arm will make alot of people in the industry sit up and take notice. I do not have an engineering mind and did not understand everything about the unique deign of the arm. I wish the builder every success.

 

I love it when I come across yet another DIYer getting stunning results from copying the SUPA concept for personal use. I'm aware of twenty or more DIY builds, and the builders invariably report unprecedented performance, even from some quite casual attempts. Here's one I found yesterday. Check out the tracking and dynamics, well audible even on a smartphone recording. Standard SUPA fare...
https://youtube.com/shorts/qOj4zatXoQc

 

I really enjoyed your Fremer interview - he's a tricky character at the best of times! Good luck.

 

That was a great session with MF!

 

Yes, then again that’s Mikey’s schtick.