Reed
5T
The Reed 5T is a tangentially tracking pivoted tonearm made by Reed, using a laser and linear sensor array for position control, a limited-rotation sectional torque motor, and a low-noise thrust-sleeve bearing. It has a user-replaceable armwand with an effective mass of 8–16 g depending on material; available armwand materials include wenge, Makassar ebony, cocobolo, and light or dark teak. Specifications include a 251 mm mounting distance, ±5 MOA tracking error, ±0.2 mm precision VTA adjustment, ±8° azimuth adjustment, and a 10–30 mN downforce range; it is supplied with the battery-powered Reed BS-12V power supply.
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Specifications
- Black
- BS-12V power supplier
- Wenge
- Macassar Ebony
- Voltage
- direct 12 V, using battery power source Reed Source 12V
- Cocobolo
- Teak light
- Traction
- Limited rotation sectional torque linear motor
- Effective mass
- 8-16 g, depending on armwand material (replaceable armwand)
- Makassar ebony
- 10-14
- Seashell white
- Gold matte
- Tracking error
- +/- 5 Minute of Angle (MOA)
- Vta adjustment
- precision +/- 0.2 mm
- Downforce range
- 10÷30 mN (cartridge mass 5.5 g – 19.5 g,(4.0 g – 25,0 g))
- Illustration by
- Jolanta Michailova
- Teak light dark
- 8-14
- Height adjustment
- compatible with 26÷46 mm height platters
- Mounting distance
- 251 mm (platter diam.max.= 330 mm)
- Azimuth adjustment
- +/- 8 deg
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