My Teres and DIY tone arm

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I'm afraid I can't be very helpful. My Teres is custom except for the platter (an early acrylic one) and the bearing. It probably looks nothing like a model 200 or any production Teres.

The Teres bearing is excellent. I would think that just about any base and tonearm mount would give good results.

Sorry I can't be more helpful.
 
yeah, the website is no longer available. I'll have to find another place for the pictures (if I still have some).

I ended up giving up on the tonearm. I just could not resolve the Bernoulli effect problem. And, I got tired of the noise from the compressor, even with it in the basement.

If I had to do it over again, I would use the smallest bushing and have it move on a stationary shaft. My design was like the ET-2 where the bushing was stationary and the shaft moved. This resulted in too much horizontal inertia.
 
Well, I'm sort of around. I haven't used the arm since '07. It is disassembled in a box in the basement somewhere. Since then I have used an MG-1 tonearm (see Advanced Analog Audio - Home) which I have been very happy with. It has some air rush that must be put up with, but it works very well and sounds good too (especially for the price).

I think about making another arm from time to time, but I probably would not go with an air bearing. I've considered a Schroeder clone, but it will be a long while before I would have time to try it.
 
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