DaVinci Tonearm

If you can get hold of one you'll see they're very well made, easily as good as the Schroeder Ref. As I haven't heard it in my TT, I can't speak for its performance with an owner's authority but I do lust for it and would swap my Dyna DV507mkII in a heartbeat. TT: Simon Yorke S7 with dual tonearms: S7 + JA MC1B (silver); DV507mkII + XV1s.

Hm, everyone has it's own priorities, I use The Phantom and the Triplanar at the moment and I know an Owner of the DaVinci who uses a Kuzma Airline too and he said, the DaVinci is REALLY good. I haven't read the Stereophile Article but I think Mr. Fremer also has own ideas about products. Or Harry Pearson, or Jonathan Scull... Is there a "Best" Tonearm out there, maybe, but when it is a nightmare for adjusting or reliability, so what?
I like the Phantom and Triplanar very much, I think, they combine both my priorities at a very high level. I don't loose my hairs while listening with them.
But I am interested in opinions.
Thanks for your time.
cheers

Thomas, I'm not familiar with Da Vinci tonearm, but it is certainly a beautiful piece of art (with function though, hehe). I have another question that doesn't belong to this thread actually. What do you think of Japanese tonearms, like Ikeda 407? Are those arms not on par with the best arms from the Western World? I myself own a Fidelity Research FR-66S and it has an excellent build quality with a very decent sound.

Chris

Well, I ordered one.

Thomas,I wish you the best of luck with your new arm.I'll be thinking of you May 19th,when the most exciting book I've read in a long while is released as a movie."The DaVinci Code"!!--Don't miss it!!!!!---I hope you have less trouble unraveling the mystery of the "arm",than I had with the book -:)

Best!