Audio Creative, based in the Netherlands, has lovingly created a modern take on the classic high-mass transcription tonearm. Available in 9″, 10″ and 12″ (12″ available with standard connector or SPU A).
The Groovemaster III features a titanium armwand with silver internal wiring terminating into a 5 pin din output connector. New for V3 is a fine adjustment counterweight making small tweaks to VTF a pleasure. Options include a sliding SME style mounting base, a a smaller simple round base or the heavy weight base with fine and on the fly VTA adjustment; as well as wood headshell. we show prices in euros so as to avoid tacking on margin for currency fluctuation. A small shipping fee from Europe will be added to the order. Contact us for current USD price and to talk about a bundle with an Aidas or Tedeska cartridge.
Choose satin silver or charcoal accents, banana or S shaped armwand in the following lengths:
Groovemaster III Titanium 9″ ( 229mm P2S ) €1,921
Groovemaster II Titanium 10″ ( choose 240mm or 254mm P2S ) €1,964
Groovemaster III Titanium 12″ ( choose 290mm or 304.75mm P2S ) €2054
Add a mounting base, phono cable and headshell:
‘SME style’ stainless steel mounting base €260
Rotary VTA mounting base €700
Small round mounting collar ( choose aluminum or stainless ) €48 alu, €87 ss
Headshell, dark walnut, choose silver or gold handle ) €169
Finish it off with din phono cable and step-up transformer:
AC Phonolink 5n silver phono cable 125cm ( choose xlr, Nextgen rca or ETI rca output termination ) €740
AC Mediator SUT ( choose 1:10 or 1:20 ratio ) €1219 (see also RADA )