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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: Rim drive?

Post Subject: VicPosted by IslandPink on: 6/18/2011

He is UK based, somewhere down South near London. I bought one of his early Ladegaard arms , sort-of the Mk.1 version of the latest ones, and gave him some advice on areas like the counterweight etc. He is a very genuine and interesting chap who is selling some fantastic gear at really 'generous' prices, hardly any mark-up from cost.
Even on the early air-arms the performance was extremely good, with just a bit of 'greying' from the carbon-fibre wand , which was longer on the early ones. The latest design seems much improved in various areas.
It's still a bit messy to run an air-arm like this - more tubes, boxes ( pump, accumulator ) and difficult to get the pump quiet or far-enough removed, but I would consider trying the arm again in the future once I have the speaker and amp set-up finalised.
The deck looks like a great bargain too , if the motor is reliable and everything lasts OK .

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