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Arms w/ azimuth adjustment while record is playing

One thing I like about the Well Tempered Arm is that one can safely adjust the azimuth while the record is playing. I also found you can adjust the VTA while the record is playing if you are really careful.

My question is, what other arms are or have been made where it is possible to safely adjust both the VTA and azimuth while the record is playing?
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dougdeacon
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Br3098,

Adjusting azimuth during play on a JMW (and most tonearms) would indeed be risky, foolhardy even, but that misses the point.

On some tonearms (like the Talea mentioned by Dan_Ed) the risk is essentially zero. Adjusting azimuth on the Talea is demonstrably less risky than adjusing VTA on your JMW (or my TriPlanar, or any other arm I've used). The OP asked which arms offer this feature and the Talea is one.

As regards "why", the advantage is the same as for any on-the-fly adjustment: the ability to hear changes as we adjust makes adjusting faster and more accurate. This is unaffected by the risk, or lack thereof, on any particular arm.
dougdeacon
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Adjusting azimuth on a Graham 2.2 requires raising the stylus off the LP. The adjustment is very quick, much quicker than a JMW or Triplanar, but it's not quite "while the record is playing".

My experience is the same as Lewm's, the Talea's the only arm I know which allows this.
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