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What's the best unipivot to arm ever made?

I'm really fond of unipivot tonearms in their way of music reproduction. For my point of view they represent the music with full of energy without loosing its authority and signature. Less is more? I do not know! I'm currently using a Mayware Formula 5 tonearm and believe is one of the best to arms ever made regardless price. Much better than my previous Schroeder Reference (even though I must admit Schroeder was mounted in an inferior turntable). What's your opinion about the best unipivot tonearm ever made and why your preference is so special?

Pentatonia (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

01-26-12

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01-26-12 Dear pentatonia: i owned and own several unipivots including ... Rauliruegas

01-27-12 Graham phantom ii Syntax

01-27-12 Naim aro Stanwal

01-27-12 I like to use the term 'prefer' or favorite as opposed to be ... Mikelavigne

01-27-12 Dear mike, thanks for the url. it is striking to me the deg ... Lewm

01-27-12 Grace 704/714. while not wildly popular in their day, they p ... Manitunc

01-27-12 Hi lew, i've not heard pete riggle's arm; but it has been r ... Mikelavigne

01-27-12 Please correct me if i'm wrong but when i saw telos i thoug ... Pentatonia

01-27-12 Stuff i thought i "knew" (like certain principles ... Lewm

01-27-12 Another vote for the aro. it is best for my playback prefere ... Emil_f

01-27-12 Pentatonia, just over three short years ago, joel durand wa ... Mikelavigne

01-27-12 Of all the crazy moves i've made over the years the most obv ... Lindisfarne

01-27-12 Manitunc, i am attracted to the 714 (assuming that's the woo ... Lewm

01-27-12 the original "audio and design" arm with the arcu ... Kr4

01-27-12 I have to second the rs labs a1 and durand designs. the tal ... Cousinbillyl

01-28-12 Lewm, i have a few of the 704s, the all aluminum version. i ... Manitunc

01-28-12 Cousinbilly, the telos uses a custom made cable, not the sa ... Grr6001

01-28-12 Thank you grr6001. my system is at the point where the limit ... Cousinbillyl

01-28-12 Cousinbilly, not all 12" tonearms are created equal; b ... Mikelavigne

01-28-12 What about nottingham 12" arms? Toronto416

01-28-12 "my system is at the point where the limitations of a 9 ... Lewm

01-28-12: Talea
Lewm,

"the counter-weight is pretty far back from the pivot point"

This is just the way the photo was made, it's not an indication of how the counterweight "should" be placed. The position of the counterweight will depend on cartridge weight and there are of course other positions that will work fine. The Telos is shipped with 4 counterweights and the user can choose the combination that sounds best for a given cartridge. I'm not advocating that the best sound is with the counterweight as far as possible from the pivot point; but sometimes it happens to be the best position.

Cheers,
Joel
Talea (Answers | This Thread)

01-28-12 Thanks, joel. i did not mean for my remark to constitute a ... Lewm

01-28-12 Sorry about that, 10.5" for the talea ll. have started ... Cousinbillyl

01-28-12 Having the center of mass of the counter-wt in the plane of ... Lewm

01-28-12 "i use 15ips 1/4 inch master tape dubs as my reference ... Dover

01-28-12 There is no best or perfect unipivot, or even tonearm. the p ... Dover