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In Reply to: Wretched excess - tonearms posted by Mike K on August 2, 2023 at 06:50:36:
Not in the $10K range, but I had a Rega (Basis branded) arm and also tried a Origin Live OL-1 arm. Both were probably under $500 each.
When I upgraded to a Basis Vector 3 tonearm ($4,000) the difference was astoundingly better.
The same cartridge (Shelter 901) on the same TT (Basis 2001)
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Wretched excess - tonearms - Mike K 06:50:36 08/2/23 (73)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - jperry 08/7/2311:46:59 08/7/23 (0)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - Tuckers 14:12:03 08/5/23 (2)
- Curious - sk 15:27:30 08/5/23 (1)
- RE: Curious - Tuckers 01:20:07 08/6/23 (0)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - hahax@verizon.net 21:04:52 08/4/23 (3)
- RE: Technics cartridge - goldenthal 13:06:27 08/6/23 (2)
- RE: Technics cartridge - hahax@verizon.net 20:49:59 08/6/23 (1)
- RE: Technics cartridge - goldenthal 11:30:04 08/14/23 (0)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - Byrd69 07:33:23 08/4/23 (0)
- So what's your dollar limit before W.E. kicks in? - voolston 22:35:07 08/3/23 (0)
- Guilty as charged! - sk 12:29:38 08/3/23 (5)
- Nice! (nt) - Goober58 10:55:39 08/4/23 (0)
- Is that one of them turkey baster arms?... - musetap 14:05:54 08/3/23 (0)
- They must make a really big Minus K. Nt - geoffkait 12:41:54 08/3/23 (2)
- RE: Sits on a standard Vibraplane. Nt - sk 12:54:43 08/3/23 (1)
- Can you put a TT on Minus K without disengaging lateral isolation? Nt - geoffkait 17:16:41 08/5/23 (0)
- Disagree - Sherlock 12:20:12 08/3/23 (0)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - CraigS720 10:53:52 08/3/23 (1)
- Very nice... - kuma 21:13:57 08/5/23 (0)
- Now you're in vinyl territory. Reason does not apply. (nt - peppy m. 09:48:27 08/3/23 (2)
- vinyl? all of high end audio lives in that neighborhood - Analog Scott 14:42:47 08/3/23 (0)
- LMAO !! - Mike K 10:43:17 08/3/23 (0)
- It is, as they say, relative. - Larry I 08:17:08 08/3/23 (0)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - Ozzy 03:16:53 08/3/23 (2)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - svisner 08:15:40 08/3/23 (0)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - sony6060 05:06:41 08/3/23 (0)
- I thought the same thing, seeing the article. nt. - MWE 15:21:53 08/2/23 (0)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - Inmate51 14:49:53 08/2/23 (3)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - fstein 07:14:13 08/3/23 (1)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - fstein 07:16:59 08/3/23 (0)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - regmac 15:09:12 08/2/23 (0)
- The only thing more wretchedly excessive than ... - reelsmith. 09:46:48 08/2/23 (0)
- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - Sibelius 08:39:22 08/2/23 (3)
- I always wanted to try this SME on my budget TT - AbeCollins 14:06:09 08/2/23 (0)
- HaHaHa - jedrider 08:43:42 08/2/23 (1)
- RE: HaHaHa - Sibelius 11:27:21 08/2/23 (0)
- Wonderful tonearm technology - E-Stat 08:25:50 08/2/23 (5)
- RE: Wonderful tonearm technology - regmac 07:25:03 08/3/23 (4)
- Actually - E-Stat 08:24:52 08/3/23 (3)
- RE: Actually - regmac 11:11:19 08/3/23 (2)
- And yet... - E-Stat 13:22:32 08/3/23 (1)
- RE: And yet... - regmac 13:30:30 08/3/23 (0)
- Okay, which arms. . . - Larry I 08:23:56 08/2/23 (0)
- " What makes a difference in record players is the phono cart and how well it is set up." - Analog Scott 07:50:52 08/2/23 (21)
- RE: " What makes a difference in record players is the phono cart and how well it is set up." - jperry 09:51:29 08/7/23 (0)
- Setting up tonearms was a big contributor to me quitting vinyl - Feanor 04:14:24 08/6/23 (2)
- I go through the same thing with CPU audio - Analog Scott 14:30:04 08/6/23 (0)
- RE: Setting up tonearms was a big contributor to me quitting vinyl - immatthewj 13:39:01 08/6/23 (0)
- "(not that transparency is the preferred sound of a turntable)" - Krav Maga 12:11:47 08/2/23 (15)
- RE: "(not that transparency is the preferred sound of a turntable)" - Analog Scott 14:45:47 08/2/23 (14)
- RE: "(not that transparency is the preferred sound of a turntable)" - Krav Maga 17:12:10 08/2/23 (13)
- RE: "(not that transparency is the preferred sound of a turntable)" - Analog Scott 20:01:25 08/2/23 (12)
- RE: "(not that transparency is the preferred sound of a turntable)" - Inmate51 09:08:33 08/3/23 (11)
- RE: "(not that transparency is the preferred sound of a turntable)" - Analog Scott 14:37:55 08/3/23 (2)
- RE: "(not that transparency is the preferred sound of a turntable)" - Inmate51 06:59:05 08/4/23 (1)
- You just zig zagged - Analog Scott 08:51:07 08/4/23 (0)
- best sound? - Goober58 10:06:41 08/3/23 (7)
- RE: best sound? - Inmate51 04:54:07 08/4/23 (6)
- RE: best sound? - Goober58 08:58:20 08/4/23 (0)
- RE: best sound? - Analog Scott 08:52:16 08/4/23 (4)
- RE: best sound? - Goober58 09:23:55 08/4/23 (3)
- RE: best sound? - Analog Scott 17:45:18 08/4/23 (0)
- RE: best sound? - Inmate51 14:33:19 08/4/23 (1)
- RE: best sound? - Analog Scott 17:47:59 08/4/23 (0)
- RE: " What makes a difference in record players is the phono cart and how well it is set up." - Sondek 10:16:34 08/2/23 (0)
- Agree. It's all about the cartridge and phono preamp - AbeCollins 07:47:34 08/2/23 (6)
- Respectfully Disagree - goldenthal 13:33:03 08/6/23 (0)
- I don't want to sound like a brainwashed Linnie, but ..... - JDK 18:58:38 08/2/23 (1)
- RE: I don't want to sound like a brainwashed Linnie, but ..... - AbeCollins 21:30:54 08/2/23 (0)
- Agree with this. - ghost of olddude55 14:26:11 08/2/23 (0)
- Abe - - stan2 11:12:33 08/2/23 (1)
- Stan - - AbeCollins 13:41:37 08/2/23 (0)
- agreed - setup is a large part of the equation /nt - Story 06:55:25 08/2/23 (0)
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- RE: Wretched excess - tonearms - jperry 08/7/2311:46:59 08/7/23 (0)