Tangency is adjusted by loosening a pair of knurled nuts beside the arm base, and sliding this along the bedplate. The screws hold a metal bed plate with an elongated cutout in it, and the arm base passes through this plate. Other features include a damped hydraulic lifter that lowers the arm gently onto the record when released (and then disengages itself), a wooden lining inside the arm tube, to reduce torsional and longitudinal resonances, and a flexible decoupling system for the counterweights, to provide "dynamic damping."įor mounting, the SME requires an elongated hole 1” wide by 2¾” long, ranged by four small holes for the mounting screws. The latter is adjustable over a wide enough range to accommodate a Euphonics Miniconic or an Ortofon pickup. It has wide-range adjustments for tangency, height, static balance, torsional balance, pickup tilt, bias compensation, and tracking force. The 3009 (with 9” pivot-to-stylus distance) is the arm we recommend for the home user, and it shares with the 3012 the distinction of being the most versatile conventional-type tonearm on the market today. The Model 3012 is 12” from pivot to stylus, to accommodate old broadcast-type 16” transcriptions, but its mass is too high for the majority of to day's high-compliance pickups. There are two models available, differing only in pivot-to-stylus distance and in total mass. It was available in a stereo version as far back as 1961, and apart from a couple of minor refinementsthe addition of a bias compensator and a new, lightweight shellit is still the same arm, and it still has the reputation of being the perfectionist's tonearm. Vocals shimmer with natural timbre, and stereo imaging is almost holographic.This is by no means a new product. Bass is yet more powerful and defined than Illustrious, which is no small feat.
Yet it confers an uncanny smoothness on the music, too theres a wonderful sense of ease and rhythmic ebb and flow. Music sounds more natural and less processed, as if a bright light has been shone on the recording and its there in front of you, in all its glory. A real fit and forget product, no matter what you play, it just dissolves away.Ĭompared to more affordable Origin Live tonearms, theres an obvious increase in transparency, and with it a heightened sense of realism. An immensely high resolution measuring instrument, it is nevertheless consummately musical and organic sounding. Rather, its exceptionally even-handed and balanced in its presentation and sounds sublime across a wide range of music. Yet, this isnt an overblown or showy performer its not voiced to impress some of the people, some of the time. One of the very best tonearms on sale at any price, aptly named the Conqueror. Simply, the Conqueror is in a class by itself. “Arguably the very best tonearm yet made a startlingly capable all rounder with none of the vices or quirks of “It merits the highest of recommendations and is the obvious choice for Most Wanted Component of the Year. “Arguably the very best tonearm yet made a startlingly capable all rounder with none of the vices or quirks of “I have bought the arm sent for review and am now in a seventh heaven of completely rediscovering my substantial, well looked after music collection. Rather, the Conqueror is an immensely useable, versatile, real- world tool that works brilliantly no matter what programme material you use or which partnering equipment.The best praise of all is to say that its a truly fit it and forget design whatever you play, it just dissolves.
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Space prohibits me from detailing every improvement I spotted over the Illustrious, and every difference I heard against the SME Series IV, but suffice to say that this is one of the very best tonearms yet made by anybody, and more importantly, its not voiced in a madcap, no-compromise way that prohibits it from pleasing only some of the people some of the time.
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