REK-O-KUT®  S-240 OIL DAMPED AUDIOPHILE TONEARM
16" TRANSCRIPTION CAPACITY - SMALL FOOTPRINT

The S-240 fits into the same footprint as the TranScribe tonearm, can be used as an upgrade to the T3378 turntable, and has enhanced features.  There are very few modern tonearms that actually have 16" transcription disc capacity.  They cost many times the price of the S-240. This extra length also has advantages for the more common 12" LP records, in that there is less of a tracking error. Unlike many other other separate tonearms now being offered, the S-240 accepts removable headshells to facilitate switching cartridges and styli

The S-240 employs a silicon oil dampening system to reduce high frequency tonearm resonance and improve trackability with problem records.  The effect of fluid damping is dynamic and mostly effective at higher frequencies.  It is a fluid Below 5 Hz, but a brake above that.  It reduces cantilever stress produced while riding up and down a warp.  It produces very little resistance as the stylus follows a warp, but it reduces the intensity of arm resonance following such a shock.  It reduces queue skipping at the beginning of a record.  It reduces the sensitivity of a tonearm to external vibration.  Thus, cleaner sound and less skips.

"I especially like a long S-240 Fluid damped arm. I am very satisfied"

*Type: 13 inch (total length), static balance, tubular, S-shaped
*Bearing System:  Uni-Point Cross-Suspension
*Effective Length: 10.04 inches
*Effective Mass: 13.3 Grams
*Low Frequency Dampening: Rubber
*High Frequency Dampening:  500 CS Silicon Oil
*Resonance: 10 Hz
*Spindle to Pivot Distance: 9.45 inches (240 mm)
*Overhang: 0.59 inches (15 mm)
*Offset Angle: 21 degrees
*Tracking Error: +1.75 - 1.1 degrees
*Bearings: Steel ball bearings
*Material: Aluminum, Magnesium
*Finish: Matte gray, chrome
*Horizontal and Vertical Sensitivity: 20 mg
*Height Adjustment: 1.5 to 2.4 inches (38 - 60 mm)
*Tracking Force Calibration Range: 0 to 3 gm (for more force, turn weight past "0")
*Counterweight: 160 gms
*Anti Skating Range: 0 to 3 gm
*Mounting Hole: 1-3/16 inches
*Cartridge Weight Range: 4.0 to 12 gms
*Headshell: Magnesium with oxygen-free copper Litz wire
*Standard Cable included
*Cable Capacitance: 225 pF
*Cable Harness Length: 48 inches

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