Friday, October 19, 2012

Schröder LT Tonearm
































$8900

LT looks like a conventional pivoted type, it's actually a sophisticated linear-tracking 'arm whose patent-pending mechanism keeps the cartridge's stylus in perfect tangency.

It does this by adjusting the tonearm's pivot, which moves free of the mounting base via an ingenious magnetic mechanism. The LT offers no adjustment for offset angle or anti-skating; both are unnecessary, given the design. VTA/SRA, azimuth and tracking-force adjustment remain.

The LT's wooden armwand snakewood or grenadill are available, is treated to eliminate the effect of temperature and humidity, and the headshell is made of a proprietary material chosen for its stiffness, low mass and great internal damping. Internal wire is a high-purity copper type that's been cryogenically treated.