{"id":144241,"date":"2022-04-21T17:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=144241"},"modified":"2022-04-21T17:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:59:46","slug":"kuzma-safir-9-unique-sapphire-tonearm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/kuzma-safir-9-unique-sapphire-tonearm\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuzma Safir 9: Unique Sapphire tonearm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Franc Kuzma says his 9-inch Safir 9 arm is\u00a0the\u00a0result of five years of research.\u00a0The design is truly unique: the conical arm tube is made from solid sapphire.<\/p>\n

Recall that even a sapphire needle holder is a class indicator for a vinyl playback system.\u00a0And here – the entire tonearm tube is made of a material for which rigidity and resistance to resonances are key natural properties.<\/p>\n

Kuzma stated that the Safir 9 was “superior to any tonearm tube” in its basic properties.\u00a0The tonearm, according to the developer, is \u201cfree of resonances\u201d up to 5 kHz.\u00a0Suspension Safir 9 – four-point, on ruby \u200b\u200bneedle bearings, the design is borrowed from watch movements.\u00a0In it, superhard needles rest against ruby \u200b\u200bcups.<\/p>\n

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Ultra-precise screws are used to adjust the VTA\/SRA.\u00a0Backlash is excluded, and the operation itself is simple and convenient.\u00a0The entire movement with universal fastening is an aluminum construction with brass blocks weighing 1,250 grams.<\/p>\n

The Safir 9 uses a double brass counterbalance and the internal wiring is a 1.5m solid continuous Kondo silver alloy connection from the headshell pins to the RCA output jacks.\u00a0Kuzma intends to present the Safir 9 at the High End 2022 exhibition in Munich, which is scheduled for May 19-22.<\/p>\n

The approximate price of the Kuzma Safir 9<\/a> tonearm is also known: in Europe it will be about 20,000 euros.<\/p>\n

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Franc Kuzma says his 9-inch Safir 9 arm is\u00a0the\u00a0result of five years of research.\u00a0The design is truly unique: the conical arm tube is made from solid sapphire. Recall that even a sapphire needle holder is a class indicator for a vinyl playback system.\u00a0And here – the entire tonearm tube is made of a material for […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":144242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-144241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}