I arrived at the same conclusion after my tests. This is direct experience with at least 200 hours' listening. I ought to have mentioned, for several reasons, that I've had considerable listening time with Both SME V-spec arms, the 9" and the 12. ) IMHO better than any audio magazine reviewer or audio distributor/sellers. 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. 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.
) 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. 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. ) 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 ".īoth tonearms are good performers but with its own trade-offs from a " perfect " tonearm design. Is this one of those occasions when I just have to spend $6K to find out?ĭear Cdk84: I respect all the persons opinions here but IMHO the first issues to compare two tonearms ( any. It tamed the sibilance on 'April in Paris', gave better depth and color to the skins, more air to the cymbals on the Sheffield Drum Track while still representing the flaw of the recording, namely that the drum kit sounds almost twice life size (ie: gives more of the good stuff without lying about the liabilities). When I listened last night I asked whether anything more 'lively' sounding could possibly be other than exaggeration, as the SME V-12 was so solid, so credible, so well balanced, feeling accurate both timbrally and in wealth of textural detail. Essentially they say the Kuzma 4PT is more 'lively' than the SME V-12. To place things in perspective, I listened last night to a range of familiar source material with the SME V-12 and found myself referring to Fremer's review and the viewpoint of one of the above-mentioned listeners. It's largely MFremer's review placing the Kuzma 4PT above the Cobra on his Caliburn TT that has me wondering. I don't consider myself a well-seasoned audiophile, but I'm not new on the block either, just not as familiar with analog as I would like to be. The SME V-12 arm, properly set up -which takes some time, patience and developing expertise- gives some of the finest playback I've heard, ever. This is direct experience with at least 200 hours' listening.įrom another pretty reliable source I've heard comparison of the 312-S and V-12 if their report is as trustworthy as I suspect, there is no comparison between the arms, just as there is very little shared between the V-9 and V-12.
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