nothing from me.....I'll even have to look up the arm you are talking about ..

Posted by beach cruiser (A) on June 21, 2024 at 00:48:13

In Reply to: Experiences With the Ikeda Tonearms? posted by Mister Pig on June 19, 2024 at 10:48:28:

just looked it up, the rest of my content is me entertaining myself with no idea about any product specifics.

as for the arm under discussion, I like the style , the knife edge jeweled bearing is a solid advantage , and it certainly is a boutique build. all good . a jeweled bearing would probably get chipped over at my place , so not a design for me, plus I don't need a removable head shell. so I can skip any design with that slight sonic liability. I also remember that SME had a steel knife edge pivot design they removed from the market, after complaints of bearing chatter , if that matters

I don't pretend to be knowledgeable enough to be worth spit in a public discussion about tonearms , but most tone arms today are medium mass. I assume you have reasons for going heavy. I couldn't find much info, I barely found the knife edge info, but nothing about the lateral bearings or the wiring . there was some mention of carbon fiber in the arm tube but no details. looks very steam punk.

the rest is my hooked on hot air contribution.

my only thought is the obvious, that the internet is forever , and any review or opinion must be considered within the context of the times back when it was generated. A model T is still an excellent car, but things have moved on , what with all the paved roads and all.

I wish I knew more, as I am thinking about replacing the techno arm on my Michell table, even though I think it a great value , has solid design principles and features , , and was actually voiced by old man Michell to approximate the sound of an SME "V" arm on a gyro table, because that was the arm he used to finalize the sound of the Gyro table when he developed that product, perhaps thirty years before he did the arm, which is just a modified Rega 250, in my case. ( rega has now improved the arm casting)

origin live used to modify rega arms, than advanced to their own design, which would be pointless if they couldn't beat a modified Rega, even one with the benefit of synchronicity between table and arm. beating an SME "V" today would be an obsolete goal , product design, manufacturing and materials have advanced .

I particularly like that the unipivot designs, universally regarded as having the best sonic solution with a single contact point, but the lousiest mechanical solution, because they lack stability in heavily modulated grooves, are now being improved, with the blackbird design adding stability to a single contact design and origin live and others just using a second contact point to create stability.

I'm liking the origin live stuff because it would simply drop in, with no chance for technical errors.

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Topic - Experiences With the Ikeda Tonearms? - Mister Pig 10:48:28 06/19/24 (5)

I first read that as Ikea tonearms! :)} )MT( - J. S. Bach 16:47:38 06/21/24 (0)

nothing from me.....I'll even have to look up the arm you are talking about .. - beach cruiser 00:48:13 06/21/24 (2)

RE: nothing from me.....I'll even have to look up the arm you are talking about .. - Mister Pig 06:32:52 06/21/24 (1)

RE: nothing from me.....I'll even have to look up the arm you are talking about .. - beach cruiser 23:20:28 06/21/24 (0)

RE: Experiences With the Ikeda Tonearms? - dogscanskate 05:54:06 06/20/24 (0)

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nothing from me.....I'll even have to look up the arm you are talking about .. - beach cruiser 00:48:13 06/21/24 (2)

RE: nothing from me.....I'll even have to look up the arm you are talking about .. - Mister Pig 06:32:52 06/21/24 (1)

RE: nothing from me.....I'll even have to look up the arm you are talking about .. - beach cruiser 23:20:28 06/21/24 (0)

nothing from me.....I'll even have to look up the arm you are talking about ..

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