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Is it worth this tonearm?

Hi folks,

I have been slowly upgrading my analog playback and have come to the final decision, which tonearm? Through Mehran, who is a fine gentleman, I have been able to aquire the Amazon referenze TT and the Atmos ZYX cartridge.

Lastly I must decide on tonearms. Tripanar or Moerch DP6. The combo of the triplanar and ZYX has been well documented and from my research, Moerch and ZYX less so. I suppose what I am wondering is the Triplanar worth the extra funds? Will I have that much more satisfaction over the Moerch?

I will say, I listen mostly to rock, blues, jazz. Also, I am not the type that is going to play around with the arm much. Once I get it tuned in, which I don't mind spending time doing, I do not want to fiddle around much, like say changing the VTA between a 180 gram record and a normal record. I'm more of a get it right, set it and let her play.

Thanks for any input and guidance.

Peter
mariasplunge

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audiotomb
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I have the Triplanar arm and ZYX Universe
I am picking up my Galibier table this week

Mehran is so wonderful to deal with
hope he's thriving in his new Chicago setting

I did the same research on the arms (search Moerch here on the gon) and felt the Moerch was good for the money but for 50% more I had an arm I could keep for life!

I got a lot of help from Doug Deacon and others

what phono pre are you using?

good luck in your quest
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Mariasplunge

a doshi pre - yes you are really doing this right
as others stated - you'll be tuning in the vta on the triplanar with great results
(our honorable doug has a nice writeup on this)

I'm three days away from doing that myself
I've had my triplanar and universe since january
the universe is on a nottingham arm spacedeck table
Thom Mackris has had my arm for fitting for a few weeks
and the table arrives this week

if you don't have a viable record cleaner
by all means buy a loricraft
it will help you extract all that magic
and keep your records pristine

welcome to the world of high end analog
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Marias

can you find an intermediate phono stage?
something you get a deal on and sell near cost?

another option is get the Loricraft and start cleaning so you can hit the ground running in September

I've been waiting since january, but had an intermediate vinyl option

in the meantime you'll have fun chasing down all those stellar lps
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