What I really want to do is take the table to a nearby dealer and try another arm or preferable a couple of arms on the table. For a multi thousand purchase of a new arm - I would like to know what I am going to get after it is purchased. Are there dealers that would take the time to let a customer test drive the arm in their table before purchase in their store or provide home loan.?
New tonearm for Oracle Delphi
I have an old Oracle Delphi w Eminent technology 2 air bearing tonearm. Works well.
I want to improve my sound.
My question - does it make sense to upgrade the arm only to SME V, Schroeder, Kuzma or similar excellent arm. Or should I sell the Oracle ET2 setup and buy a new table w arm like Technics SL-1200G or VPI Dragon or similar.
My main question about this - how do you figure out the best arm for an old table. Nothing says the best tonearm from reviews will work best on my table. I want to hear it. Do dealers offer home loans of arm for evaluation? Mounting plate??? Maybe trying to use arms on an existing turntable is unrealistic?
Budget - max $ 10k.
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