Micro Seiki MA 101 Mkii - Does Anyone Know About This Arm?

[cscottrun4it]

Just what the title says. I have a guy whose turntable I'm working on willing to give me one as payment. I can't seem to find anything about this arm anywhere. I found the following specs on Ed's Stuff Tonearm Specs page (http://www.edsstuff.org/docs/tonearm_specifications.htm):

Effective Length: 237 mm
Overhang: 15 mm
Offset: 21.5 mm
Mounting Distance: 222 mm​

That's all great, but has anyone actually had his/her hands and ears on this tonearm? I'm thinking it might be a good match for a Thorens TD 150 project I'm working on, but....

Thanks for whatever help you can give.

 

[Balifly]

Just what the title says. I have a guy whose turntable I'm working on willing to give me one as payment. I can't seem to find anything about this arm anywhere.

Thanks for whatever help you can give.

Listed in VE library.

Micro Seiki MA-101 MKII (1975)
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/micro-seiki/ma-101.shtml

 

[totem]

Listed in VE library.

Hey Earl you should charge $1.00 every time you sleuth out another TT question for the newer AKers.
Easy or hard, you seem to always be there.

 

[Balifly]

Hey Earl you should charge $1.00 every time you sleuth out another TT question for the newer AKers.
Easy or hard, you seem to always be there.

I usually learned something along the way......

 

[cscottrun4it]

Earl, thanks. I found the vinylengine-provided manuals after I posted just as I was nodding off to sleep. I now khow hhow to set up the tonearm, but I still don't know anything about how the arm performs. The 505 has information about its performance a-go go, which makes sense being it is an icon in the vintage tonearm universe. However, you'd think the 505's siblings would get some mention somewhere.