Does Anybody Know This Tonearm?

Casey - Thanks!

Mitchell Cotter wrote a paper for AES back in the 1940's that described his idea of the perfect tonearm. In 1979, Jim Winey built it. It was called the Magnepan Unitrac 1.

It is a tonearm worth investigation because it is a sleeper in many ways. A currently manufactured tonearm that has many of its characteristics is the Spiral Groove Centroid.

A little touchy to set up?Come on it has VTA on the fly,that's half the battle.Ok you got me on that bucket of shot.Really the most negative thing I would point out is the tonearm cable which has a unique termination plug making life difficult when you need to replace it.

Love my Maggie arms! Great with high compliance carts.
That Amphenol plug(222-11N07) was discontinued in the 80's.
Not an easy item to find, but- in reality; it shouldn't ever
have to be replaced. I bought a couple extra arms, so I
could cannibalize one, make an adapter and
use
a Tricon Analog phono cable, instead of the old one. This
is the only supplier that I've found to have any NOS plugs
left(to the tune of $90+): (http://www.semiconductor500.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=23382&zenid=062191ae763593d8f853cd31b69cd84e)