Tri-Planar Mk. VII

Tri-Planar tonearms have been reaserched, developed and manufactured for over 30 years by the Designer in his US based factory.  Tri-Planar Mk. VII is the lastest version of their 'standard' tonearm, but in saying that there is nothing standard about these tonearms, 'exceptional' is the word that springs to our mind.

In terms of features, we doubt that there is another tonearm in production today that quite matches the level of adjustability that the Tri-Planar Ultimate II is blessed with.

Azimuth adjustment: The tonearm wand is an ingenious two piece design with a portion fixed to the gimbal pivot and the wand/shell portion attached via two yoke clamping screws.

Vertical Tracking Force: Can be set for just about any phono cartridge of any mass, due to the series of 5 counterweights that may be employed for that purpose (and supplied with the tonearm).

Vertical Tracking angle: Can be adjusted by turning the vernier on the VTA tower. Height measurement lines are marked on the tower to enable you to reliably repeat the height adjustment and this is the adjustment few other tonearms offer in a simple effective and repeatable maner.

Other nice features that enable you to further optimize the performance of the tonearm for a particular phono cartridge include adjustable dynamic damping via a damping trough and adjustable paddle; and adjustable damped cuing height and speed.

The unique dual-pivot design of this precision tonearm provides unrivaled tracking, transparency and resolution.  The arm creates a musical sound stage unmatched by any other. It has been described as powerful and dynamic, solid yet expressive, delicate and tactile. The outstanding quality of this arm - is that it is invisible - lacking the colorations that plague so many of the competitors. 

Features:

• Black or silver finish
• Damped headshell
• Annealed-aluminum coaxial damped armtube
• Clamping yoke design that firmly couples the headshell tube to the bearing tube, making for a single unit yet allowing azimuth rotation of the headshell
• Silicone-fluid trough tonearm damping
• Bearings featuring hand-crafted, hardened and polished needle cones
• Progressive anti-skating design
• Sophisticated system of decoupled counterweights, allowing proper stylus force for any cartridge without altering effective mass
• Easy 3-screw installation, with no large VTA hole

Specifications

•Type: gimbal-bearing tonearm
•Effective length: 250mm
•Pivot-to-spindle distance: 233.5mm
•Overhang: 16.5mm
•Offset angle: 22°
•Effective mass: 11g
•Bearing offset: 22°

As this is a specialist item with lots of connecting options we do not show prices, but will quote you on your exact requirements.

...... a truly exceptional product.