or
with SME-bayonet mounting for detachable headshells and
Ortofon SPU,
EMT "Tondosen",
FR-7
and other integrated headshell cartridges
( like Technics, Yamaha, Sony, Ikeda et al)
The AXIOM offers - in both versions - an unique complete range of features, with several options & features not available in any other tonearm.
A personal note:
I always had a kind of "love affair" with 2 versions of the venerable Fidelity Research FR-7f integrated headshell cartridges made by Fidelity Research in the early 80ies of the last century.
Having used these favorites of mine on FR66s and FR64s tonearms for 2 decades constantly made me wonder, why no tonearm ever offered the option to actually adjust integrated headshell cartridges.
There is no way in any tonearm - not even in the Fidelity Research FR-60 tonearms - to adjust overhang, azimuth or off-set angle.
The AXIOM ends this sad negation of integrated cartridges like the classic
Fidelity Research FR-7, Ortofon SPU, EMT-Tondosen and others.
Please note:
In the AXIOM w/SME-bayonet it is possible -for the 1st time ever in audio tonearms!- to precisely align integrated headshell designs like the famed Ortofon SPU, EMT-Tondosen or Fidelity Research FR-7-series cartridges.
You think you know what sound these classic cartridges can produce?
Well, listen to them in the AXIOM - you may well be in for a big and positive surprise.
IMPORTANT notice for owners of Micro Seiki RX/SX-turntables
(RX-1500, 3000, 5000, SX-5000 and SX-8000):
* there is a very special version of the AXIOM mounting board available.
With this the AXIOM directly couples to Micro Seiki mounting domes/pillars.
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