Dear Cdk84: I respect all the persons opinions here but IMHO the first issues to compare two tonearms ( any. ) is that must be with the same cartridge in the same TT and with the same IC and seems to me that only Chris74 did it inside that " environment ".
Both tonearms are good performers but with its own trade-offs from a " perfect " tonearm design. IMHO when we are talking of this level of quality performance people normaly decide taking in count which item is/performs nearer to their music sound targets/priorities ( almost each audiophile has unique audio priorities. ) and in the other side which item is more " user friendly " or gives me more " facilities " and even its second hand price to re-sale when the moment comes.
Your vintage Acos is a good performer too unfortunately is not the Lustre GST-801 that after internal rewiring is a hard challenge for any of the tonearms named here with the advantage that is aremovable universal type headshell to match in better way with a cartridge.
IMHO you have to contact directly with Chris74 and talk with him in a wider way on the subject, he is a very good " reference " and as a dedicated audiophile ( you can try to find out other persons to take some advice from first hand experiences. ) IMHO better than any audio magazine reviewer or audio distributor/sellers.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
Both tonearms are good performers but with its own trade-offs from a " perfect " tonearm design. IMHO when we are talking of this level of quality performance people normaly decide taking in count which item is/performs nearer to their music sound targets/priorities ( almost each audiophile has unique audio priorities. ) and in the other side which item is more " user friendly " or gives me more " facilities " and even its second hand price to re-sale when the moment comes.
Your vintage Acos is a good performer too unfortunately is not the Lustre GST-801 that after internal rewiring is a hard challenge for any of the tonearms named here with the advantage that is aremovable universal type headshell to match in better way with a cartridge.
IMHO you have to contact directly with Chris74 and talk with him in a wider way on the subject, he is a very good " reference " and as a dedicated audiophile ( you can try to find out other persons to take some advice from first hand experiences. ) IMHO better than any audio magazine reviewer or audio distributor/sellers.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.