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Fidelity Research FR64 Black Limited Edition

Hello, i have a Fidelity Research Black Limited edition tone arm which came on my Denon DP-80 turntable i bought quite some time ago.
Anyways i cannot find any information what so ever on this particular tonearm, anyone have one or seen one before?
I posted on another forum with no success.
I am thinking i have something that is very very rare and possibly a one of a kind.
I was told from the person i bought it from which got it from a millionaire's estate that the person was friends with the owner of Fidelity Research and traveled to Japan often.
Anyone see one or have one?
Thank you.
x1884
x1884 OP
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Just like to point out that this is not a FX version and it also is the silver wired version with the vta on the fly option.
Thanks.
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halcro
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Are you able to post a photo?
It is hard to imagine a black FR-64s as they are made of stainless steel and to get a black finish on stainless, it needed to be black chrome which was a fairly new process in the late 70s.
Powder coating was even later than this which is why the 64fx was black anodised aluminium I believe?
x1884 OP
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I do not believe i have a way to post a picture here.
x1884 OP
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Ok, i posted pictures in my virtual sytems thread!
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halcro
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Ok that makes it clearer :^)
Tha fact that it calls it an FR-64 and not an FR-64S is significant I believe.
The 'S' postfix stands for 'Steel'...as in 'Stainless Steel' and without the 'S', I think it must be made of aluminium or titanium?
We need Dertonarm to confirm what this model is.
He is Mr. FR-60 :^)
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