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In Reply to: Which is a better arm, Graham 2.2 or Morch DP 6? posted by Sea Monster on September 17, 2006 at 08:41:15:
It's a very well made tonearm. Every piece is machined without evidence of flaw. Largely it is made of anodized machined aluminum parts tightly fitting/fastened together. The impression given is that no expense was spared to achieve Bob Grahams' design vision. Very well executed. A masterpiece of the machinist's art. Trick eye candy.BTW if you get one of these you also need to acquire the phono cable which can get very expensive when you go top of the line.
Interchangeable armwands but I suspect there is only one weight available.
I like Fretless' comments on the comparison between 2.2 and DP-6. I suspect he nails it.
My example of the 2.2 was a substantial upgrade over my previous arm. Delivers the details galore. Mass strings well described would be one attribute of the arm. It gets into the inner details of the recording very nicely. But I sometimes think it also deletes some desireable parts of the music. That emotional edge that can raise your back neck hairs, is a bit more subdued, more refined, less emotional...! It made me aware of my cartridge's shortcomings more-so than before. So I found a different cartridge which seems to compliment the arm much more agreeably. One change leads to another. Such is life.
BTW the previous arm is/was one of the Express Machinings fully modded RB250. Naturally the Graham is an upgrade over this. My comments don't address your query about the comparison between the 2.2 and DP-6. Sorry if this appears as a waste of bandwidth. it might be worth noting that folks owning various Teres turntable models tend to prefer the DP-6 over the Graham. Also worth noting is the price of either. The 2.2 when new sells at a higher price than does the DP-6. It probably costs more to build. All that intricate machining. However the 2nd hand price on these now out-dated arms is something else to be considered. If you can get one cheap enough that might change the way we look at it.
Hope some of that is useful.
-Steve
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- Re: I can say this much about the 2.2 - user510 17:17:21 09/17/06 (0)
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