After 50 years of designing and building world class turntables, Jochen and Dirk Räke made the decision to design and build their own Transrotor tonearm. With the immense practical experience, knowledge of turntables, setup and access to the most modern production method the team set out to design the new tonearm. Besides having to meet the tight specification, the tonearm must offer ease of use and simple adjustment. After 2 years of development and testing, the TRA 9 is introduced.
The 9 inch TRA9 arm tube is made of two different aluminum alloys, slid into each other, stiff and resonance-free. The aluminium alloy counterweight has interchangeable brass weights (depending on cartridge weight). VTA adjustment is done using two screw-in adjustment screws to lift the tone arm in parallel. Magnetically adjustable via a fine thread, center adjustment 1.8 g (gram) (red line) for anti skate. Inner wires are pure silver cable (4x Seven Stream van den Hul), oxygen free insulation outside and inside with silicone tubing, protected and damped, connections with silver solder, system connection cable plugs silver-plated. Connection cable are pure silver cable (same material as inner cable), oxygen-free insulation wit RCA or XLR connectors.
Color: Black Matt, Black-Gold and Ruthenium
Material:
Aluminium alloy, stainless steel, brass, ceramic, magnetic material, technical plastics, silver, anodized, chrome, gold, Ruthenium
Tone arm tube:
Double tone arm tube made of two different aluminum alloys, slid into each other, stiff and resonance-free
Counterweights:
Aluminium alloy with interchangeable brass weights (depending on cartridge weight)
VTA adjustment:
two screw-in adjustment screws lift the tone arm parallel
Scating setting:
Magnetically adjustable via a fine thread, center adjustment 1.8 g (gram) (red line)
Cabling:
Pure silver cable (4x Seven Stream Van Den Hul), oxygen free insulation outside and inside with silicone tubing, protected and damped, connections with silver solder, system connection cable plugs silver-plated
Connection cable:
Pure silver cable (same material as inner cable), oxygen-free insulation
Connection plug:
RCA or XLR special high conductive coated (WBT)
The tone arm is compatible with all 9-inch SME bases manufactured by Transrotor
Specifications:
Effective length: 232.8 mm (approx. 9 inches),
Tone arm distance: spindle to tone arm pivot point 215 mm,
Overhang: 17,8 mm,
Offset: 23.66 degrees,
Zero point inside: 66 mm,
Zero point outside: 121 mm,
Effective mass: 18 grams (mid heavy, fitting to almost all cartridges),
Connection cable: length approx. 130 cm,
Cable material: Pure silver (van den Hul)
