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anyone gone from the Graham 2.2 to vecteur arm ?

I am considering the Vecteur arm as a natural match for my Basis 2500 table for increased performance although the Graham has served me well and is hard to fault. I would appreciate any experience of any who have been in a similarly related situation. Thanks in advance.
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dan_ed
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I have both a 2.2 (remember that one 4yanx?) and a Vector Model 1 that I use on my 2500. They both offer excellant playback! I like the Vector with my Denon 103R and the 2.2 with my Benz Glider. I have tried the 103 on the 2.2 and the Glider on the Vector, but wasn't quite as impressed with these combos. Probably a mass/compliance thing.

The Vector offers exceptional performance without alot of fussing. It is pretty much set and forget, although I believe that there is something to be gained from experimenting with the level of the silicon oil. A little less than prescribed sounds better to me. The Graham 2.2 is also an excellant arm that does lend itself to all the tweaking one might care to do. It may take more tweaking on the Graham to get to the maximum that arm is capable of. I really like both arms and couldn't choose between them right now.

If you are contemplating changing to much lower compliance cartridges then the Vector might be worth trying. All in all I'd say that your Graham is giving just as good performance as a Vector might. But please keep in mind that I have not had a Vector Model 3 on my table.

Just my .02, hope it helps.
dan_ed
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I do think there is much synergy using the Vector on a Basis table and I have no idea what the arm may sound like on another brand of TT. However, I would bet that does very well. It is such a rock solid tracker.

Like sirspeedy, I'm puzzled by the sibilance Lgraef experienced with the 2.2 and also agree that I have not had to putz around with the adjustments. The Ruby is fairly hefty at 9.6 grams and also fairly compliant. Seems like a good match with the 2.2. I won't dismiss what Lgraef reports but I will say that I have not experienced anything like it with my Graham even with a low compliant cartridge. What adjusting I have done I have chosen to do just to see if I can get more from the arm. This is something that sirspeedy has written about extensively and has really gotten my curiousity up. I'm waiting to get a little better cartridge on the 2.2 before getting serious about adjustments.

I like both of these arms so much I'm thinking of someday getting a table that will mount two arms.

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