HI FELLOW INMATES – I AM SELLING MY CLASSIC SUMIKO MDC-800 "THE ARM" TONEARM. IT IS EXTREMELY WELL BUILT AND IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE BEST TONEARMS EVER MADE. IT WILL HOLD ITS OWN AND WILL BLOW AWAY MANY OF TODAY'S TONEARMS IN THE $5,000 TO $8,000 RANGE AND BEYOND. NOTHING MANUFACTURED TODAY CAN TOUCH IT FOR MY ASKING PRICE. PLEASE SEND ME A PRIVATE MESSAGE IF INTERESTED. I WILL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU DIRECTLY AND DISCUSS THIS AMAZING TONEARM IN GREATER DETAIL. ALTHOUGH I AM NEW TO AUDIO ASYLUM, I HAVE BEEN AN AUDIOPHILE FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS USING A MODIFIED MARK LEVINSON HQD SYSTEM AND HAVE A 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK RATING FROM NEARLY 100 TRANSACTIONS ON EBAY UNDER THE USER NAME GATITA57RICHARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH YOU. ALL THE BEST, RICH 646-573-5432. Sumiko MDC-800 The Arm Gimbal Bearing Tone arm Sumiko MDC-800 The Arm Description The Sumiko MDC800 'The Arm' is a high end design loosely based on the legendary Breuer tone arm. The arm features a fixed head shell, large arm tube, gimbal bearings, decoupled counterweight and spring applied VTF and anti-skating force. Different counterweights can be fitted for cartridge matching. Specifications Effective arm length: 228.6mm Pivot to rear of arm: 63.5mm Cartridge overhang: 18.17mm Offset angle: 24.14 degrees Mounting distance: 210.43mm Height adjustment range: 35 to 57mm Tracking force adjustment: 1.75g max calibrated (more using counterweight) Bearing type: 4-point gimbal ball race and cone Bearing friction: less than 10mg Arm lead capacitance: 100pf Cartridge weight range: 4 to 18g Effective mass: 11g (with L weight)
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