New Ortophon Tonearms?

Well, I'm not neccesarily planning on keeping the cartridge forever either. I keep a running list of equipment that I'd like to have in my system someday. If I were to upgrade the arm, naturally I'd want to contemplate a cartridge shortly thereafter. (this really is an upgrade disease that I'm sure we're all familiar with)

Well, if you're looking at it as part of an upgrade path then I suppose Downunder and I would be good indicators that you can go pretty far with this arm. So from that perspective I suppose it's a good option.

Grimace,

looking at your turntable, I don't think the 12 inch version is going to fit. You need at least 311 mm for tonearm pivot to to spindle. Whereas the 9 inch version fit fine with pivot to spindle of 214mm. I would double check with SOTA.

BTW, the AT OC9 sounds wonderful with the Ortofon arm. I own the OC9 (Lryalike) and it is a very detailed cartidge with a nice tight bass, at the price it is very good. Coupled with the ortofon arm just relaxes the cartridge a little to show it at its best.

Downunder, you are correct, a 12-inch is out of the question on this table. The AS and RS series both come in 9-inch versions.

Just bumping this thread up...I am about to get my RS-212D in a couple weeks. Anyone own that arm? Impressions? Tips?

Dave