Tonearm

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:43 pm

I know this has now gone, the seller let it go for £650 + P&P.

My question is, can anyone confirm what this arm is?

Ortofon something?

Thanks
Darren

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :AAQ:UK:11

david C · Post by **david C** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:53 pm

could it be a BBC one?

I've seen BBC SP10s with similar arms

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:09 pm

I have some close-up pics if it will help ?

david C · Post by **david C** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:28 pm

as it happens, someone has listed a BBC desktop SP10

the arm looks the same,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Awesome-Technics- ... dZViewItem

what I don't know is if the BBC made the arms or bought them in,

Gerry · Post by **Gerry** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:39 pm

Yes it is a BBC arm, called a RP-9 or something similar.
Very little information on them. I've searched the BBC archive but no info.
I have got one and just wanted to know more.
they seem to be well rated and I have seen the odd one fetch well over £100 on ebay.

Regards
Gerry

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 10:52 am

Gulp !!!

This is what I use, have been shouting about it in the past.
But I had no idea of it's value !!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Audio-Technica-AT ... dZViewItem

I knew there was a reason I liked it so much, of all my arms it's the one I prefer..

Gerry · Post by **Gerry** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:57 pm

Yup, fantastic arm and still made in very small numbers.
Only available in Japan. audio Cubes were selling them as well from time to time.

Regards
Gerry

Lee S · Post by **Lee S** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:58 pm

That's the model 3A Darren. AT still make them. That's a brand new one. Still pricey though. I saw an old one go for about £200 a couple of weeks ago.

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:51 pm

It came to me on the very first 301 I bought,

I didn't know much about 301s or tonearms back then, still don't really

It was my second purchase of turntable and arm, the previous being a TD150 with a Sumiko arm. That's a nice arm as well and I still have them both.

steve s · Post by **steve s** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:52 am

Oh Bugger..

(re the BBC arm on the first post)

I hade one of those i left it on a duff sp10 that went to Ian..

i was told by james they where only average...

steve

Paul Barker · Post by **Paul Barker** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:30 am

Don't worry mate I had a marble based Transcriptors proper one, sold it for £250 was so excited telling Darren, he said they go for £1,000.

No wander the feckin dealer drove down from Middlesborough and gave me a GL75 to boot, I thought he was just being friendly.
It was about the most light sounding but neutral deck I have ever owned. Everything seems to have it's pluses and miunuses, it wasn't nearly as organic as the 301 in slate, but it was the best of the rest, and probably a bit better on top. HAD IT BEEN MOUNTED ON SLATE ... I shall never know.

david C · Post by **david C** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:43 pm

don't know if it's true or not,

on another forum I read that there is an Ortofon 12" arm still sold in Japan and Germany, said to retail for about 600 quid,

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