New $35K pivoting tonearm

Hate to disappoint the designer's quest for unique selling points but the Syrinx PU2 I was using back in the early 1980s had offset bearings...

It was a thing of beauty in a minimalist kind of way. ;)

Hold on to your wallets folks... This is for All you suckers that paid 19.5 K for the Durand " TELOS" WOOD tonearm. This audio bargain of the century has a NEW updated arm wand . It is now made from a mystery blend of composites (plastics) NOT wood! Cost for this upgrade is only 6K! The good news ... the old wooded arm will not go to waste. It will make a killer finely tuned back scratchier.

Jeb, No joke?

19.5 K for the Durand " TELOS" WOOD tonearm. This audio bargain of the century has a NEW updated arm wand . It is now made from a mystery blend of composites (plastics) NOT wood! Cost for this upgrade is only 6K!

A wood Arm is never wasted, you can still use it to light up your fireplace.

And apparently there is no trade in discount. Throw away the old, buy the new which has new wires and supposedly sounds much, much better. So $19.5K for the Telos + $6K for the composite wand, more $KK for the sapphire bearing. This is in the high $20Ks now and there are so many options/versions, I've lost track.

Are there different length composite arm wand upgrades available? Can you install the sapphire cartridge mounting plate on the composite wand, or does that degrade performance?

The mid tear Durand seems like a promising design which never had a wood arm tube option.