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The CF1-09 sounds less like a mechanical device than a musical instrument.
The ’arm itself has been constructed with fastidious attention to detail. According to Gomez, the CF1-09 has been upgraded in a number of parameters, including a larger diameter and improved laminate for the armtube with a higher grade of carbon fiber. “The damping polymer sleeve of the original arm,” he reports, “has been removed…leaving the carbon fiber laminate—made out of 38 plies of epoxy-pre-impregnated carbon fiber—exposed.”
For movement in the horizontal plane, the shipping bearing has to be replaced by playback bearings. The height of the ’arm can be adjusted in a range of 30mm with a knurled wheel, and adjustments can be made on the fly during playback if you desire. Vertical tracking force is set by a counterweight and a fine-tuning screw at the rear of the armtube. Anti-skating is adjusted via a fine thread that runs over several pulleys. Last but not least, the silver-coated copper tonearm wire runs continuously from the cartridge to a more reliable set of RCA plugs than were previously employed (XLR terminations are also available). Finally, Gomez lists a number of turntables for which he can supply ’arm boards designed for the SAT tonearm.
The sound that the CF1-09 produces matches the effort that was invested in designing it. After plopping an excellent Parkwood Records LP called The Authentic Art Hodes on the Continuum, I listened to the searing trumpet solo that Doc Cheatham plays on the song “Jelly Roll Blues.” The first thing I noted was more dynamics. Not simply in the sense that the music seemed louder overall but that the amplitude of the individual notes seemed to have increased. Cheatham’s trumpet sounded both more grounded and more expansive—the high C’s he belts out were less constricted. The same for the piano bass line, which simply appeared to go even deeper than I had experienced before. This was nifty stuff, prompting me to go for really propulsive, hard-driving rock music. Guitar solos on Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” emanated with a new degree of clarity and ferocity.
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The ’arm itself has been constructed with fastidious attention to detail. According to Gomez, the CF1-09 has been upgraded in a number of parameters, including a larger diameter and improved laminate for the armtube with a higher grade of carbon fiber. “The damping polymer sleeve of the original arm,” he reports, “has been removed…leaving the carbon fiber laminate—made out of 38 plies of epoxy-pre-impregnated carbon fiber—exposed.”
For movement in the horizontal plane, the shipping bearing has to be replaced by playback bearings. The height of the ’arm can be adjusted in a range of 30mm with a knurled wheel, and adjustments can be made on the fly during playback if you desire. Vertical tracking force is set by a counterweight and a fine-tuning screw at the rear of the armtube. Anti-skating is adjusted via a fine thread that runs over several pulleys. Last but not least, the silver-coated copper tonearm wire runs continuously from the cartridge to a more reliable set of RCA plugs than were previously employed (XLR terminations are also available). Finally, Gomez lists a number of turntables for which he can supply ’arm boards designed for the SAT tonearm.
The sound that the CF1-09 produces matches the effort that was invested in designing it. After plopping an excellent Parkwood Records LP called The Authentic Art Hodes on the Continuum, I listened to the searing trumpet solo that Doc Cheatham plays on the song “Jelly Roll Blues.” The first thing I noted was more dynamics. Not simply in the sense that the music seemed louder overall but that the amplitude of the individual notes seemed to have increased. Cheatham’s trumpet sounded both more grounded and more expansive—the high C’s he belts out were less constricted. The same for the piano bass line, which simply appeared to go even deeper than I had experienced before. This was nifty stuff, prompting me to go for really propulsive, hard-driving rock music. Guitar solos on Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” emanated with a new degree of clarity and ferocity.
Swedish Analog Technologies CF1-09 Tonearm - The Absolute Sound
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CF1 | SAT
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