These include a machined titanium arm tube to reduce resonance within. It has a generously sized head shell and it has a more evenly balanced sound compared to the Ittok. Setting a new performance benchmark, Ekos SE features advanced materials carefully selected for their sound performance and low resonance properties to minimise interference, resonance and microphony, and extract even more from your vinyl collection. The Ittok is known for having a 'lively or energetic' upper mid range. They are a bit small and can limit cartridge choice except for the Ittok, which has a larger head shell. Re: Linn tonearms, something to consider is the head shell size of most of the Linn arms. Of course having all three at a high level is a good thing. The old Linn viewpoint is that the table is the most important then the tonearm is next and the cartridge is last in importance. I would not put a 2K - 3K arm on a basic level table. Linn has their own upgrade parts as do other companies.

Mine is outfitted with the full Stack Audio Ultimate upgrade kit (my kit is the previous version, not the current version). Comprising the Ekos SE tonearm, Keel sub-chassis, armboard and collar, and a new metal Trampolin base board, each upgrade represents the highest performance. cd318 mentioned that a lot depends on the spec level of your table, that is, what bearing does it have, what sub chassis, what arm board, is the plinth a corner braced version, what bottom plate, what top plate, what power supply, etc. Lots of good info has been provided here. The Linn Sondek LP12 Turntable With Linn Ekos Arm comes with an Audio-Technica AT-OC9/III MC cartridge and an attached power cord.

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