Kuzma Safir 9

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The Kuzma SAFIR 9  tonearm is the best result of  our attempt to extract more music from vinyl records that has, unitil now, been heard.

The heart of the tonearm is a very rigid and stiff, sapphire conical  tube which allows the cartridge to perform to its maximum potential. The bearings are our own unique design of 4 spikes set in sapphire cups similar to those used in 4Point tonearms. All four points have minimal starting and moving friction and zero play in all directions thus ensuring that the headshell with the cartridge  moves precisely and with minimal vibration across the record.

The sapphire  tube is fitted into massive block of solid aluminium and brass, giving inert support  and further disspating vibrations which occur during playback and bearing motions.The counterweight with lock mechanism balances the tonearm. Azimuth and VTA can be adjusted in small repeatable increments with zero play, by means of an Allen key.

The tonearm is fixed on the turntable arm board via the Kuzma arm base.  VTA is adjusted by raising or lowering the tonearm’s pillar in the arm base with a VTA screw which controls its height, thus still allowing precise VTA changes when required.

Internal wiring is of superior special alloy silver wires.  A set of 4 wires runs unbroken from the cartridge pins via a 1.5 m long tonearm cable with silver RCA bullet connectors.

SAFIR 9 shows the ultimate potential of your cartridge and will reveal music hidden in the grooves, effectively, giving you a new record collection!
“…I’d declare the Kuzma Safir 9 the most accomplished and best-performing tonearm I’ve yet heard. I have no way to compare the two due to armboard logistics, but I can write with complete confidence that at less than half the price of the SAT the Safir 9 offers more than credible competition, though it might fall slightly short on bass “wallop” (the genuine, not resonance-produced kind). It shares with the SAT an elegant design simplicity, ease of setup and use, build-quality, and of course an ability to sort out, organize, and present with relaxed, confident authority whatever the cartridge pulls from the record grooves.”
“I’m not sure where to go after hearing the Kuzma SAFIR 9. It sort of destroys all you think you know about turntables and turntable hierachy. Granted, the high-mass turntable and an immovable object of an equipment stand are mandatory requirements for this tonearm, and those conditions alone will prove a turn-off for many high-enders. But if those conditions are in your vinyl purview, there is nothing that comes close. And given the current view of the turntable world (14” arm beats 9” arm, air bearing beats gimballed tonearm), the SAFIR 9 is disruptive technology of the highest order. But all of that pales into insignificance when you sit down and just listen. That’s when you realise this really is the best arm ever.”