New Ortophon Tonearms?

I went to the Munich HighEnd show this year and the Ortofon tonearms were obviously popular in Germany, especially with Raven One. Sounded great in my opinion. My guess is they are great value for money (I have not owned one, not used one over time, but they certainly didn't ruin the sound where I listened to them).

I have an Ortofon AS-309s with an Ortofon Jubilee on my Raven AC and I really like it. I'm also using a Dynavector XV-1s on a Graham Phantom the sound is very very close. The Dyna/Phantom combo is more dynamic, bigger soundstage but we're not talking night and day here, particularly for the price difference. The VTA adjustment on the Ortofon is crude compared to the Graham but other than that, its' really good IMHO.

Like Bhoage, I have the Phantom and AS-309S on my Raven AC-3 and heartily agree with his assessment.

The AS-309s has a great relaxed feel to the way it plays music and is a great tracker. AS Vtvu said, the detachable headshell is great.

I just got a SPU classic GM-E and it is playing wonderfully beautiful music

Thanks for the responses. Any reason not to use on a suspended table?

Grimace

I can't see why not. Overall the AS309-S is lighter than the Phantom I have. Phantom's are used all the time on SOTA's, so it should not be a problem.

Not sure if adding a 30 gm SPU to the equation would not cause any issues thou, but again I doubt it.