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$3,788
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About the Wheaton Decoupled Arm
The Wheaton Decoupled Arm was the original tonearm design introduced by Herb Papier at the 1981 Consumer Electronics Show. It used a decoupled arm-tube arrangement and was later renamed the Tri-Planar; the original model is now referred to as the Tri-Planar Mk. II. Historical descriptions of the later Tri-Planar design identify a medium-mass, damped, fixed-bearing radial-tracking arm with a fixed headshell, adjustable azimuth and vertical tracking angle, and a silicone-fluid damping trough. Specifications for later versions should not be assumed to apply exactly to the original Wheaton model.
Specifications
Product type: Turntable tonearm; Design: Decoupled arm-tube, fixed-bearing, radial-tracking; Introduced: 1981; Historical lineage: Renamed Tri-Planar, original model later referred to as Tri-Planar Mk. II.