Kuzma Four Point compared to SME V-12 tonearm
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. |
Syntax, you have a great deal of experience with a broad range of arms. Have you heard the Kuzma 4PT? If so, with what associated equipment? Yes, one of my friends owns that Arm mounted on a Raven AC, we compared on that table with Kuzma Airline, Graham Phantom and a Triplanar VII. Same cartridges (at that time we used 2 Zyx UNIverse), same Phonostage, Frontend .... We also compared the Raven AC to Kuzma reference Table, both tables used the Airline Arm... I posted some time ago some pics about that ... http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1359028374&openmine&zzSyntax&4&5#Syntax |
Dear Cdk84: You posted on that thread that Syntax linked. Read the Downunder post. As some one in this thread posted several times the differences in opinions are because it does not matters how high/to or low is the audio system the system owners give their oipions according his personal/subjective priorities. All of us like different kind of distortions, I know almost perfectly what kind of distortions likes Syntax and I can tell you not only are different from yours or mine but in the " high " side. Even that I prefer to take in count audiophile opinions over any reviewer/seller opinion. Now: what did sugest Benz Micro for its LP-S?. Now ( again ): which phono/line stage are you using with? Regards and enjoy the music, R. |
