Graham arm on Scout


Has anyone ever considered a Graham arm on a Scout? I guess Graham engineering does make an adapter of some kind for the Scout. Has anyone ever tried it? I am interested in what a high performance arm would sound like on this table or even a Scoutmaster.

Just curious.
tzh21y

Showing 2 responses by maczurak

Yes, but I have performed a few updates to the basic Scout I started with.

I have the Signature tonearm, Super Platter, Periphery Ring, TT Weights Center Weight, SDS, Single Motor Flywheel Rimdrive, TT Weights SoundPoint brass feet and a custom made plinth in the Scout dimensions. The plinth was the decisive element that allowed the components show what they are capable of resulting in a TT that sounds much better than it should.

I made an Aries dimension plinth with an armboard to receive 9 – 10” tonearms and was planning on purchasing a Phantom to replace the Signature. Family priorities changed these plans so I created an armboard for the Signature and will use this until it’s sold. This plinth sounds better than the Scout plinth.

If I still had a basic Scout, I would suggest looking at the Signature tonearm and replacing the feet.
Tzh21y,

If your username relates to your area code, feel free to drop by for a listen and to see what I have done.

Kbell,

I suspected this was the case. The Phantom 9" is mm's closer and the 10" is mm's farther than the VPI 9" mounting location so a Scout plinth needs to modified. This was why I built a plinth with an armboard. Actually the VPI 9" Signature arm sounds better than expected so I will use this for now.