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The Ikeda it-407 tone arm is a High Mass design and has been called big, rigid, and beautiful. Built for “dynamic balance,” although it can support a cartridge weight of 6 to 38.5 grams, the stylus pressure ranges from 5 grams to utter weightlessness.
Perhaps more than most tonearms, the Ikeda IT-407 is one of those hi-fi products that compels its user to just sit back and gaze at the thing: a beautifully rounded construction of polished chrome and stainless steel that appears to be at once both new and old. Isamu Ikeda suggests that its generous curves are "not only for aesthetics: The lack of any sharp edges is employed so that no vibrations or resonances can be stored in the arm."
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"Things tend to sound like whatever it is they're made of." So said my friend, the artist and erstwhile audio writer Herb Reichert. Regarded in a similar vein, I suppose it's no surprise that the big and somewhat rounded Ikeda IT-407 sounds . . . well, big and somewhat rounded. Those qualities, along with the Ikeda's freedom from harshness and its overall sonic poise and imperturbability, served every record I grabbed.....one can imagine without effort those phonophiles who would prefer the Ikeda: The Japanese arm sounded every bit as beautiful as it looks.
In an upcoming Stereophile Issue, Art Dudley gave the Ikeda IT-407 stellar reviews, stay tuned for the link when it becomes available, but here are some of the highlights.
"Perhaps more than most tonearms, the Ikeda IT-407 is one of those hi-fi products that compels its user to just sit back and gaze at the thing: a beautifully rounded construction of polished chrome and stainless steel that appears to be at once both new and old.”
“Art Dudley, Stereophile, August 2013” |
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