4Point 14

The benefits of longer tonearms with the reduced tracing distortion that results, along with their reduced off-set angle and bias force requirement, have long been understood. But the challenges presented in terms of balancing the structural rigidity and effective mass of such long arm-tubes, together with the practicality of actually mounting tonearms longer than 12” on conventional record decks have always proved insuperable – until now.

Experience with the 11” version of the 4Point tonearm, with its precisely adjustable, differential damping revealed that many of the best moving-coil cartridges employ extremely low-compliance generators. Although their mechanical characteristics theoretically match the medium-mass tonearms in general use, their musical performance improved with the subtle application of damping – suggesting the possibility of using a slightly heavier tonearm. Kuzma’s tapered, two-part arm-tube is machined from a solid rod, meaning that careful profiling would allow the creation of an arm with increased effective length combined with a minimal increase in effective mass and no compromise in adjustability or rigidity. Meanwhile, the use of our zero-play VTA tower, with its off-set mounting would mean that a 14” tonearm could be mounted at the same distance (P2S) as a standard 12” design …

Thus the 4Point 14 was born, a longer version of the standard 4Point tonearm, that retains all of the precision adjustability and practicality of the original in a design optimised to meet the mechanical requirements of the very best, low-compliance moving-coil cartridges. That means that you still get repeatable adjustment of VTA, Azimuth and VTF, differential damping, interchangeable arm-tops and detachable head-shells. You still get the superior, almost frictionless and ultra-stable performance of the 4Point bearing system and the superb sonic and musical performance of any 4Point series tonearm. But the 4Point 14 will bring you closer to the live performance than ever; closer because it’s a better tonearm but closer too because it allows the best cartridges to perform at their best. The 4Point 14 is simply the ultimate analogue replay solution for the best systems in existence.