Schröder Tonearm


Anyone have any thoughts concerning Frank Schröders Tonearms,especially the No 2,now that they have been around for quite a while.
How have they stood the test of time ?
Thanks, Tawa
tawa
Dear Syntax - don't you dare! The crowd assembling for your execution will be countless ...... speaking the fprbidden words of several "Lords" in a row. You'll need your fortress in the mountains (kind of Helm's Klamm fighting back the audiophile hords).
Cheers,
D.
Dear Syntax, The valve was not available to the old Greek
so they killed to get some relief. But the fact that this instrument is available at present does no imply that you
are, as Dertonarm also noticed, out of danger.

Regards,
Jehova
Hey, are you celebrating bad behavior? we all know that Syntax has a very unique pattern of putting his essence into short comments or images. But as we might agree on his Schroeder assessment and maybe also on the Linn LP2 and, ahem, yes - maybe on some Koetsus ( here his preferred stoning of certain products starts to detoriate) he is definitely not on his home ground regarding the EMTs. Maybe a learning field, if this is possible?
I just read this thread.
So do you guys like the freakin' Schroeder tonearms, or what? (Notice I do not even try for the umlaut.)

Sad for me that Syntax must bash the Koetsu. I am carrying the flag for the Urushi and never heard any others.
Just another thought. I was present at the "shoot-out" between the Talea and the Schroeder, at the RMAF. So were some of you, I guess. We all know it was in no way a real comparison between two tonearms as there were too many other differences between the playback systems, including most of all the use of two different cartridges. I did not have a good seat, but what I heard were two systems that sounded "different" from each other, but neither was bad and each had its merits. However, the room was pre-loaded with nouveau Talea aficionados. After it was over, I was told by many of those, most of whom had better listening positions, that (in effect) I was a true Philistine if I did not appreciate immediately the obvious superiority of the Talea. This to me was a lesson in the power of the herd mentality, not to mention the placebo effect. The Schroeder tonearms used to have cult status and are now slowly yielding pride of place to new designs like the Talea and some others. This does not mean that the Schroeder tonearms have gotten "bad", if at some time one thought they were "good".