I owned the Alphason back in the early 80s and it was the best I owned. My only suggestion to make it better would be the ability to rotate a knob to change the vertical tracking angle quickly and easily as getting that angle correct can be a chore otherwise. Great to see the man behind the product and brings back fond memories.
Great to see a lengendary arm make a comeback. Before SME came out with the Model V in the mid-80s, it was the Alphason, Zeta or Fletcher's 'The Arm' if you sought the best. Papier's Tri-planar was still a rough idea back then
@@kirmussaudio7578 I am in the market , and try to buy very carefully , as I am not a consumer who finds enjoyment from endlessly churning equipment searching for satisfaction. I am a guy on a budget who wants to buy something state of the art , effective to my needs and finances, and then leave the market for as long as possible. here I see an older design, which might still be viable , with upgraded wire and bearings. His emphasis on the little cartridge isolator on the cartridge receiver did seemingly give credibility to to the little gizmo that origin live sells that is supposed to also isolate vibration from the cartridge . other than that , I found little here to be interesting. Dissing normal precision bearings because they are designed for high speed applications means little to me in this very low speed application, since conceivably one could run a bearing with only three balls, to eliminate a lot of potential vibrations. one arm manufacturer places the bearings in a vacuum, for even less drag, if you want to just brag about concepts. the significance of the bearings really depends on the quality of the more major concerns to performance.
time marches on. the SME arm are that you say eclipsed the alphason design from 1979, is now considered to be outdone by other manufacturer's newer designs , and last I heard they only sell the arms included with an SME turntable, and are no longer available separately . . Production limits were cited , but normally production is increased with a successful product.
I was expecting the arm tube would be the topic of discussion , since beings and wire selection are only secondary concerns to the tube, and curved arm tubes have been discarded from almost everything but heritage designs, so are kind of unexpected in new products. I. would have enjoyed some conversation about the reasoning that influenced the choice of an "S" shaped arm tube. it might be incorrect to say others copied his thinking with a one piece arm , since that would seemingly be a legal problem others and a source of income for him.. this seems like a guy with a design from 1979 who wants to cash in on the vinyl resurgence , by updating the wire and bearings, I wish him great success , and will check into this product since it is at a similar price point to a competitor that I really like.
In the 80's. measuring devices were not as precise as they are now. Ceramics have come into play and where after a decade of recent research, has developed a better tone arm, and not a copy of older designs. Study also on the internal wires used in tone arms was discussed at the event, and their connection to the cartridge.
I owned the Alphason back in the early 80s and it was the best I owned. My only suggestion to make it better would be the ability to rotate a knob to change the vertical tracking angle quickly and easily as getting that angle correct can be a chore otherwise. Great to see the man behind the product and brings back fond memories.
On the new HR-200S, there is a VTA adjuster screw to facilitate quick and easy adjustment. Thanks for your comments!!!
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Great to see a lengendary arm make a comeback. Before SME came out with the Model V in the mid-80s, it was the Alphason, Zeta or Fletcher's 'The Arm' if you sought the best. Papier's Tri-planar was still a rough idea back then
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@@kirmussaudio7578 I am in the market , and try to buy very carefully , as I am not a consumer who finds enjoyment from endlessly churning equipment searching for satisfaction. I am a guy on a budget who wants to buy something state of the art , effective to my needs and finances, and then leave the market for as long as possible.
here I see an older design, which might still be viable , with upgraded wire and bearings. His emphasis on the little cartridge isolator on the cartridge receiver did seemingly give credibility to to the little gizmo that origin live sells that is supposed to also isolate vibration from the cartridge . other than that , I found little here to be interesting. Dissing normal precision bearings because they are designed for high speed applications means little to me in this very low speed application, since conceivably one could run a bearing with only three balls, to eliminate a lot of potential vibrations. one arm manufacturer places the bearings in a vacuum, for even less drag, if you want to just brag about concepts. the significance of the bearings really depends on the quality of the more major concerns to performance.
time marches on. the SME arm are that you say eclipsed the alphason design from 1979, is now considered to be outdone by other manufacturer's newer designs , and last I heard they only sell the arms included with an SME turntable, and are no longer available separately . . Production limits were cited , but normally production is increased with a successful product.
I was expecting the arm tube would be the topic of discussion , since beings and wire selection are only secondary concerns to the tube, and curved arm tubes have been discarded from almost everything but heritage designs, so are kind of unexpected in new products. I. would have enjoyed some conversation about the reasoning that influenced the choice of an "S" shaped arm tube.
it might be incorrect to say others copied his thinking with a one piece arm , since that would seemingly be a legal problem others and a source of income for him.. this seems like a guy with a design from 1979 who wants to cash in on the vinyl resurgence , by updating the wire and bearings, I wish him great success , and will check into this product since it is at a similar price point to a competitor that I really like.
In the 80's. measuring devices were not as precise as they are now. Ceramics have come into play and where after a decade of recent research, has developed a better tone arm, and not a copy of older designs. Study also on the internal wires used in tone arms was discussed at the event, and their connection to the cartridge.