Anyone here knows the Reed 3Q tonearm?

12" arm does sound relaxed. I have 6 9" arm before I get 12" Grandezza. It does sound better in all department, which is why I'm reluctant to get 10.5" for my next tonearm.

Hi Curio, The longer the tonearm the smaller the tracking error. But the longer the arm the higher the eff. mass.
If your wood choice for the Reed Q is Cedar then the compliance of your Benz LP should make a good combo with
your Reed Q. BTW it is not clear if you already own the
Reed. It looks as if you have one to experiment with and decide to buy or not later?

Regards,

Dear Mesael: +++++ " 12" arm does sound relaxed. " +++++

well IMHO if that is what you heard then your 12" tonearms were wrong with the cartridges you mated.

I try several 12" tonearms ( even against the same manufacturer 9-10" models. ) and I don't heard that relaxed sound.

Of course with a different audio system you have and with a different targets and priority quality performance home audio system music reproduction.

I'm not against " relaxed " sound but I'm for natural, true, accurate, non-colored and real sound as best we can mimic at home and taking always a live music as reference and not what " I like ".

regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.

Hello Raul, maybe I'm using the wrong term, I'm not good with words anyway. What I mean is I feel more at ease with 12" tonearm.

To be more specific, with Judy Collins "Judith" which is my reference lp for female vocal. 1st tract side A, with 9" tonearm there are parts like she's almost to a point of shouting,and more upfront. With 12" tonearm her voice feel relaxed and I never get tired of playing it. One may point out I'm using different tonearms. But how many could afford one 9" Grandezza and another 12" in this real world.

Happy listening,

Guys .. thanks to everyOne!
I'm starting to like alot the sound of a 12" inches arm

The only doubt I'm having is regarding this Ziricote wood .. and its 22gr.arm mass .. paired with my Benz LP
Low frequencies sometimes a bit too powerful.
Sometimes with certain LP (like Amused to death ,D side) I got a very deep but telling the truth controlled ..low frequencies... so deep I never listened before
Maybe these are normal but I wasn't used to get with the Michell Tecnoarm and the same cart.
Or maybe 22gr. are too much high mass for the relatively medium compliance of the Benz LP (15 cu.)
In this case I would be better to consider the same Reed 12" but with the Red Cedar wood .. kinda 14gr. arm mass.

In your opinion .. Guys .. to come down from 22gr. arm mass to the 14 gr. arm mass of the Red Cedar .. could be a better choice for the BenzLP?