Brinkmann vs HR-X vs SME 30

Dear Khrys: The Brinkmann tonearm is similar ( a copy ) to the Breuer and Sumiko MDC 800 tonearms.

It can work with any TT: it is a great tonearm, one of the best out there.

I use it with my Colibri and do an " in heaven " match. But one Audiogon friend that want to set up the Condor with it: he can't do it because it can't fit at the headshell ( because the wide size of the Condor ).

These tonearms work very well with any cartridge, you only have to have the right counter weight.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Raul,I owned the MDC-800 years ago.It was a superb arm.I wish I had it now,so I could compare to to my current set-up.

While the brinkmann is derived from the breuer it does sound very different - I have compared with the breuer 5,7 and 8 and the brinkmann is much faster, dynamic and coherent. Its a very large leap. Wasnt the condor developed on the brinkmann arm?

Brizonbiovizer;

The manufacturer doesn't make any tonearms. He does have arm manufacturers who he has relationships with, but he wasn't trying to sell me anything. In fact I didn't purchase a tonearm from him. I ended up getting the Ikeda IT-407, w a Jamamoto Ebony Headshell. Raul recommended the tonearm. I also have on order a. Schroder tonearm. I noticed that most arms can be tweeked to be made compatible w. most cartridges but the synergy between different cartridges is what really makes the final difference. In this case my cartridges of choice are my Condor, my Koetsu & a Dynavector XV-1S. Maybe an Allaerts some day. The Ikeda & the Schroder should be a better match for some of these cartridges in the future.