Tonearm: Phantom vs. 4 Point vs. 10.5


Hi

I'm planning on upgrading my tonearm. My analoge setup is:
TW-Acoustic Raven One with Kuzma Stogi arm and Lyra Delos.

I'm interested in theese 3 arms:

Graham Phantom III: It gets good recomendations, also on the Raven One.

TW-Acoustic Raven 10.5: It is from the same manufactor as my turntable, so they should match.

Kuzma 4 Point: Because i have Kuzma and like the quality of it and because Michael Fremer said: I'm in love.

What can you say about these arms (sound) and witch will you recomend for my turntable.

Pierre
pierre1976

Showing 1 response by dctom

I have a kuzma 4point with a kuzma XL4 TT and it works extremely well. I also
have a Kuzma ref 313 as a second arm. The 313 outperforms my previous sme
v.
The 4 point outperforms the 313 as would be expected.
These arms and TT play great music.

They also give me unprecedented insight to minute adjustments of VTA
azimuth and cartridge loading. One could say so what - but my belief is they
are revealing an increased amount of information from the vinyl being played.
I have not had the opportunity to compare with the Phantom, I am sure it is
equally revealing but presents the music in a slightly different manner.

It is difficult to get the opportunity to compare the same TT with two different
arms (same cartridge in each), side by side, which is the only way a question
like this can be definitively answered.