which tonearm is the most pleasing to use?

[John]

I've used an Ekos for years without any difficulty. However, recently I've got used to the well tempered amadeus arm, and I love it. You can feel the goo trying to keep the arm steady as you cue it, and it's reassuring. The arm has no tendency to jump off a shaky hand. Because you cue by supporting the arm near the pivot you don't haveto move it far so it feels quick and efficient. You can just about adjust arm height, azimuth, overhang and damping while playing a record.

The Technics SL1200 arm allows you easily to adjust vta while playing a record.

Here's a video from Mike Pranka the US rep on how he and Bill Firebaugh cue the Amadeus, I image that's how you do it as well. Intriguing deck, love to hear some needle drops from yours sometime.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pranka/3852871114/

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[Mignun]

In spite of owning a great number of different arms, the Aro is the most pleasing by far. The finger lift is perfect - just rest the hand on the plinth and hoik the arm onto the record. Taking the arm off is just another finger hoik away. Oh, and the superb finish and the fact it just looks so gorgeous are icing on the cake. It's a million miles from Hadcocks and the like in that respect. I've had/have SMEs and been sorely tempted by a Graham, but they just all seem a bit fussy compared to the simply elegant Aro.

 

[sonddek]

Here's a video from Mike Pranka the US rep on how he and Bill Firebaugh cue the Amadeus, I image that's how you do it as well.

That's exactly it. Effortless.

Intriguing deck, love to hear some needle drops from yours sometime.

Here's Pack It Up by Gonzalez. Great album.
http://cyberphotographer.com/technics/wta/PackItUp.mp3
Cartridge is OC9 mk II and phono stage is Uphorik.

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