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  Why are modern arms so ugly?
OK.......you're going to say it's subjective and you really looove the look of modern tonearms?
But the great tonearms of the Golden Age are genuinely beautiful in the way that most Ferraris are generally agreed to be beautiful.
Look at the Fidelity Research FR-64s and FR-66s? Look at the SAEC 308 series and the SAEC 407/23? Look at the Micro Seiki MA-505? Even the still audacious Dynavector DV-505/507?
But as an architect who's lifetime has revolved around aesthetics.......I am genuinely offended by the design of most modern arms. And don't give me the old chestnut....'Form follows Function' as a rational for ugliness. These current 'monsters' will never become 'Classics' no matter how many 'rave reviews' they might temporarily assemble.
Halcro  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

09-23-11
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09-23-11   Take the graham series of unipivots.......a theory of design ...   Halcro

09-23-11   Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.   Sidssp

09-23-11   Because of the "new rage" in full sleeve tatoos?   Isochronism

09-23-11   Oops, i had posted after reading the op's thread heading, on ...   Isochronism

09-23-11   Seriously, when the music drifts one to another place and ti ...   Isochronism

09-23-11   Ditto what sid said.   Tpreaves

09-23-11   For many audiophiles, a good part of the appeal of a piece o ...   Jameswei

09-23-11   Beauty is no excuse for poor sound.   Polk432

09-23-11: Bifwynne
This thread reminds me of the old SNL shows where Billy Crystal played Rinaldo. Funny as heck when Billy/Rinaldo said, "it's more important to look good than to feel good." hahaha. Sorry for the low browl(sp?) humor.
Bifwynne  (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


09-23-11   Form follows function.   Stanwal

09-23-11   Hey stan. i have always respected and appreciated your post ...   Bifwynne

09-23-11   I don't look, i listen.   Ncarv

09-23-11   I find the reed's and durand arms stunning ! while i'm sure ...   Rockitman

09-23-11   I'm with you, ugly. old "s" shaped arms did look ...   Macdadtexas

09-23-11   I agree with a lot of your examples. i have a triplanar and ...   Salectric

09-23-11   I don't know, but i would prefer the looks of the triplanar ...   Restock

09-23-11   i am bracing myself for the inevitable chorus from the who ...   Cwlondon

09-23-11   Dear halcro, you and dertonarm are our 'fire -eaters' or 'wa ...   Nandric

09-23-11   I remember the old zentih cobra looked pretty nice. i would ...   Atmasphere

09-23-11   Fwiw, as someone who considers himself to be sensitive to th ...   Almarg

09-23-11   I just meant that its performance came first; if you get tha ...   Stanwal

09-23-11   The two cobras, sure is not my idea of beauty either.[http:/ ...   Hifihvn

09-23-11   Then there are these. some wouldn't work well imo. [http://i ...   Hifihvn

09-23-11   I love beautiful industrial design. the linn cd-12, mark l ...   Mikelavigne

09-23-11   I wonder what the waf rating would be for this...[http://www ...   Hifihvn

09-23-11   Ugly people - ugly arms. no surprise here.   Inna

09-23-11   Sorry, try link again. http://www.horomusic.com/filosofia2. ...   Hifihvn

09-23-11   Graham arms ugly? i personally think they look great - i ne ...   Tobes

09-23-11   Btw halcro, the dynavector arm you mention has always looked ...   Tobes

09-23-11   Agree, al, arms have that precision instrument appearance. i ...   Corazon

09-24-11   Rockitman, thought so too. when i was looking at the continu ...   Thuchan

09-24-11   One of the simplest and most elegant designs is the saec we ...   Thuchan

09-24-11   Form should follow design if function is the core. the bette ...   Dertonarm

09-24-11   Dear tobes, the dynavector is the lamborgini countach in ton ...   Dertonarm

09-24-11   Dear daniel, what's your opinion of the sound of the dynavec ...   Halcro

09-24-11   I only have one real opinion regarding tone arm design- that ...   French_fries

09-24-11   Dear halcro, some great design features ( i am especially ta ...   Dertonarm

09-24-11   as a piece of modern art, i can see where you're coming fro ...   Tobes

09-24-11   Dear tobes, i am not a fan of the dynavector's design (nor o ...   Dertonarm

09-24-11   Dear tobes, i need to 'shoot' at you. i understand the aeste ...   Nandric

09-24-11   I would like to see the sme v without the lines and print on ...   Peterayer

09-24-11   Halcro, wouldnt you say that the current sme series is simpl ...   Jeff1225

09-24-11   probably right nandric, i was referring to the clean lines ...   Tobes

09-25-11   Hi jeff, eames-like.......a good description actually of the ...   Halcro

09-25-11   Dear halcro, i think that the most people are 'context orie ...   Nandric

09-25-11   Tw acustic 10.5 arm is beautiful.   Ebm

10-09-11   dear nandric, i know what you mean.....but can you please ex ...   Halcro

10-09-11   Dear halcro, without me intentionally getting the way of nik ...   Dertonarm

10-09-11   Dear henry, i thought that esthetics is your department. i m ...   Nandric

10-09-11   Regarding modern tonearm designs: what do you make of the ne ...   Peterayer


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