If your had £1300 to spend on a Tonearm?

[mikeyb]

Thinking about selling my Fidelity Research FR64FX arm, in fact I had it advertised last week then withdrew it as I changed my mind, I'm swithering again.

However, can I better it if I did sell it, and with a budget of around £1325 ( I choose this figure as that's what I've been quoted for another second hand upgraded arm I'm looking at, which is essentially retail price for that arm if you know what I mean ) can I do better that the Fidelity?

I like Electronic, Rock ( classic/soft/metal/prog ), Blues ( Keb 'Mo/SRV ), some Americana to give you an idea of my tastes.

I've been reading up on the AO PU7, The Wand Plus, Audio Technica 1010T ( modded by Phonomac ), Tiger Paw Javelin, plus a few others.

This will be fitted to a Panzerholz plinth using an SP10 mk2 turntable, my Fidelity arm is 230mm pivot to spindle so this seemingly works/looks fine, I'm not averse to using 10" or 12" arms, I just want the best sound for the best price, so I'm looking at used prices.

Hana ML cartridge in use just now.

Spec:

Stylus: Nude Microline
Cantilever: Aluminium
Magnet: Alnico
Rec. Tracking Force: 2g
Trackability: 70µ/2g
Compliance: 10×10-6 cm/dyne
Channel Separation: 30dB @ 1kHz
Frequency Range: 12Hz to 45kHz
Impedance: 8Ω (ML)
Suggested Load Impedance: <100Ω (ML)
Suggested Load Impedance: 47kΩ (MH)
Cartridge Weight: 9.5g

Any thoughts?

I'll be posting this very same message on several Forums to gather opinions, be interesting to read the results.

Thanks

 

[Elztalbiker]

Sorane SA1.2 in 9 inch


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