Schroder CB-9 Tonearm.

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For sale is my Schroder CB-9 tonearm. For those unfamiliar with this arm please refer to the details and specifics below;

The CB or Captive Bearing tonearms designed by Frank Schroeder are now built solely by Schroeder in Berlin. Unlike the unique magnetic bearing principle for which Schroder holds worldwide patents, the CB series of arms feature hybrid ceramic bearings of unprecedented low friction (2mg vertical, 3.5mg horizontal, the lowest measured friction of any traditional bearing arm.)With internal magnetic damping in the horizontal plane, the CB Tonearm has a calibrated center post to allow repeatable adjustment of VTA, adjustable azimuth and different headshell plates to allow adjustment of effective mass to couple with a wide range of cartridges. The arm wand is made of Carbon Fibre, Ebony, Grenadil or Cocobolo to mate properly with cartridges of different mass and compliance, is highly polished and oil finished by hand.

The CB tonearm features several unique technologies and solutions:

·         Magnetically centered and pre-loaded ceramic hybrid bearings eliminating bearing chatter completely, guaranteeing constant rigid structural coupling and silent ultra-low friction movement. 

·         Unique system for lateral movement damped by eddy current induction.

·         Extremely low bearing stiction/friction through the use of magnetically centered and pre-loaded ceramic hybrid ball bearings.

·         Symmetrical mass distribution around the central bearing axes prevents external excitation to cause any cantilever deflection.

·         The geometry and mass balance prevents a change in VTF when altering VTA.

·         Bearing for vertical movement is on the same plane as record, so the arm is immune to warp wow effects.

·         Wiring harness with extremely low dielectric losses allows mounting of any MM cartridges with proper capacitive load at the phono pre-amplifier.

·         Symmetrical layout of the conductors preventing RF and EMI entering your preamplifier.

·         Multi-layer arm wand construction using carbon fiber and other composites create extreme torsional and bending stiffness with very high internal damping factors.  This prevents any signal reflection back into the cartridge.

·         A dual section counterweight is incorporated with an adjustable damping system.  This allows tuning of structural vibration absorptions to prevent signal reflection across the arm wand.

·         Magnetic anti-skating - essentially the forces vary across the record during playback to correctly compensate for the skating forces.

Tonearm was purchased from Australian distributor, Nirvana Sound.

RRP can be found on Nirvana Sound's website - $8000

Happy to post at buyers expense (will pack carefully). 

Edited 9 minutes ago by Be Quiet...Listen