ƌŝŶŬŵĂŶŶƚŽŶĞĂƌŵƐŚĂǀĞĂƐƚƌŽŶŐĨŽĐƵƐŽŶƌĞƐŽŶĂŶĐĞĐŽŶƚƌŽůƚŽƉƌĞǀĞŶƚƵŶǁĂŶƚĞĚǀŝďƌĂƟŽŶƐĨƌŽŵ
degrading the music signal. The principal material is anodized aluminium. Brinkmann arm tubes
ŚĂǀĞĂƐƉĞĐŝĂů͕ŚĂƌĚͲĂŶŽĚŝnjĞĚĐĞƌĂŵŝĐƐƵƌĨĂĐĞƚŽŽƉƟŵŝnjĞƚŚĞĚŝƐĐŚĂƌŐĞŽĨƚŽŶĞĂƌŵƌĞƐŽŶĂŶĐĞƐ͘
All tonearm bearings are the highest quality, Swiss-made ball bearings which enable a play-free
ĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĂdžŝŵƵŵ ƐƚĂďŝůŝƚLJ͘ ůů ƚŽŶĞĂƌŵ ďĞĂƌŝŶŐƐ ĂƌĞ ĂĚũƵƐƚĞĚ ĨŽƌ ŽƉƟŵĂů ƐŽŶŝĐ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ
at Brinkmann Audio and secured by a cap screw to ensure a long-term adjustment stability.
It is
neither advisable nor necessary to adjust the bearings or cap screws!
The
12.1
and
10.5
tonearms are gimbal bearing designs and the
10.0
is a unique hybrid “gimbaled unipivot” exclusive to
Brinkmann.
Please follow the set up procedure in the same order as described in the manual, the tonearm ad-
ũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚƐĨŽůůŽǁƚŚĞŵŽƐƚƐĞŶƐŝďůĞŽƌĚĞƌƚŽĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŐŽŽĚƌĞƐƵůƚƐĂŶĚŵŝŶŝŵŝnjĞƉŽƚĞŶƟĂůĚĂŵĂŐĞ
ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚŚĂǀŝŶŐƚŽŐŽďĂĐŬĂŶĚĨŽƌƚŚďĞƚǁĞĞŶĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚĂĚũƵƐƚŵĞŶƚƐ͘
Tool Kit
Tool for azimuth zero adjustment
M2.5 allen key to clamp tonearm socket
M2 allen key
M2 allen key (short) for azimuth adjustment
M1.5 allen key to clamp cueing device and counterweight
Small Screwdriver for speed adjustment
^ĐƌĞǁƐĂŶĚĐŽƉƉĞƌǁĂƐŚĞƌƐĨŽƌŵŽƵŶƟŶŐĐŽůůĂƌ
^ĐƌĞǁƐĂŶĚǁĂƐŚĞƌƐĨŽƌŵŽƵŶƟŶŐƚŚĞĐĂƌƚƌŝĚŐĞ
10.0 Tonearm Bearings
The Brinkmann
10.0
ƚŽŶĞĂƌŵ ŽīĞƌƐ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĂĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞƐ ŝŶ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ĞůĞǀĂƚĞ ŝƚ
ĂďŽǀĞĐŽŵƉĞƟƟǀĞƚŽŶĞĂƌŵƐ͕ďŽƚŚƐŽŶŝĐĂůůLJĂŶĚŝŶĂĞƐƚŚĞƟĐƚĞƌŵƐ͘
^ƉĞĐŝĂů ĂƩĞŶƟŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ďĞĂƌŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĂůŝŐŶŵĞŶƚ͘ džƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ
ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ƚŽŶĞĂƌŵƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĚĞƐŝŐŶƐ ŚĂǀĞ ůĞĚ ƵƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂů
ǁŚŝĐŚŝŶĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞƐƚŚĞďĞƐƚŽĨĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐŝĞƐ͘
Usually tonearms are either single (“Uni”) pivoted or gimbal pivoted.
ŐŝŵďĂůďĞĂƌŝŶŐĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͕ĂƐLJŽƵĮŶĚŝƚŝŶŽƵƌƚŽŶĞĂƌŵƐ
10.5
and
12.1
, is a very resonance-
ƉƌŽŽĨ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͘ hƐƵĂůůLJ ĚŽŶĞ ǁŝƚŚ ƌŽůůĞƌ ďĞĂƌŝŶŐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ ĨƌŝĐƟŽŶ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŽƉƉŽƐĞƐ Ă ĨƌĞĞ ŵŽƟŽŶ͕
depends primarily on the quality and alignment of the bearings used. Of course, in our tonearms
ǁĞƵƐĞƚŚĞĮŶĞƐƚ^ǁŝƐƐͲŵĂĚĞƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶďĞĂƌŝŶŐƐĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ͘dŽŬĞĞƉĨƌŝĐƟŽŶĂƐůŽǁĂƐƉŽƐƐŝďůĞ͕ƚŚĞƐĞ
ďĞĂƌŝŶŐƐĂƌĞǀĞƌLJƐŵĂůů͕ŬĞĞƉŝŶŐƚŚĞŐƌŽƵŶĚŽŶǁŚŝĐŚƚŚĞďĂůůƐƌƵŶĐůŽƐĞƚŽĂĨƌĂĐƟŽŶŽĨĂŵŝůůŝŵĞƚƌĞ͘
In this way, these bearings come close to the ideal of a single pivot point.
ZĞĂůƐŝŶŐůĞƉŝǀŽƚƐĂƌĞƵƐƵĂůůLJŵĂĚĞŽĨĂƐƉŝŬĞ͕ƌŽƚĂƟŶŐŝŶĂŬŝŶĚŽĨƐŽĐŬĞƚ͕ǁŚŝĐŚŬĞĞƉƐƚŚĞƐƉŝŬĞ
ĐĞŶƚĞƌĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉŝǀŽƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ĨƌŝĐƟŽŶ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ͕ ďƵƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŽƵůĚ ŵĞĂŶ
the point at which spike and socket meet is reduced to almost zero surface area. As this is impos-
ƐŝďůĞƚŽĂĐŚŝĞǀĞŝŶƌĞĂůŝƚLJ͕ƚŚĞĂĐƚƵĂůĨƌŝĐƟŽŶŝƐŽŌĞŶůĂƌŐĞƌƚŚĂŶǁŝƚŚŵŽƐƚ͞hŶŝͲWŝǀŽƚ͟ĂƌŵƐƚŚĂŶ
those employing small, precision bearings. The two pieces of this bearing do not roll on each other,
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