Swampie, To be a Devil's advocate, I would say that a solid metal rod or a hollow metal tube is less likely to warp when it does expand and contract based on ambient temperature. Also, metal is much less sensitive to humidity, compared to wood. On the other hand, I really have liked the sound from wood tonearms I have heard, so I think such concerns about wood are largely bunk.
New $35K pivoting tonearm
Vertere Audio is Touraj Moghaddam cofounder of Roksan.
It has some interesting features including aligning the pivots to the offset angle rather than the arm tube, and bearings that don't rotate, made out of polymer-metal laminate film. Has 240mm effective length.
www.vertereacoustics.com/news
Click on the PDF link near the top.
This came up on Audio Circle and somebody said it sounds good. I certainly hope so. Anybody else?
Regards,
It has some interesting features including aligning the pivots to the offset angle rather than the arm tube, and bearings that don't rotate, made out of polymer-metal laminate film. Has 240mm effective length.
www.vertereacoustics.com/news
Click on the PDF link near the top.
This came up on Audio Circle and somebody said it sounds good. I certainly hope so. Anybody else?
Regards,
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