We first spent a couple of hours doing the basic installation, and then another two hours (later in the afternoon) listening to the Talea, while fine tuning it to optimize its performance ( VTA, VTF, Azimuth & anti-skating). This was basically an entire day's project. Near the end of his (one week) visit, we replaced the Graham Supreme with the Talea II. II version of the Reference Lenco (which I ended up keeping). Jean Nantais was visiting me with his new Mk.
Many of these new models were designed and built in Asia, which offered low-priced yet top quality engineering and technical skills.įurther improvements have been made since then, but they have been more of a "refinement" over the still excellent 1980s designs, rather than any new major "breakthroughs". There were many other innovative designs that offered excellent value and performance for the money. Especially noteworthy were the Linn Ittok, SME V and IV, the Eminent Technology and the now unfairly forgotten models from Fidelity Research. The most concentrated and obvious progress was then made in the 1980s. A totally new type of tonearm was needed to optimize the potential performance of these new (heavier) pickups. They were on numerous turntables and even phono cartridges were designed around them.Įverything changed once moving-coil cartridges became reliable, and with unprecedented performance (and eventually became universally popular). In the 1960s and 1970s, the original SME models ( 30) were by far the most famous and copied. Tonearms have evolved in build quality, versatility and performance over the last 40 years.
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