Calibrated, sliding weight for tracking force produces a variable mass design – 9-13g eff mass. Increases with tracking weight:

Matches MM and MC cartridges.
Cabling – high purity copper (standard).

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Description

In order to work properly cartridges need a rigid support.

For the past 100 years, however, the arms that have carried them have been anything but rigid. In 2010, Funk started an R&D program to solve this.

The result was Funk’s unique F•X Cross-Beam system (pat pend).
Rigid & low-Q, F•X has earned a giant killing reputation, which is well deserved.

Here’s how one dealer has described it:

” … I have had a most enjoyable weekend delving into the latest box from the 10,000 LP haul that I brought back from the storage unit recently thanks to the incredible sound, or lack thereof, of the new (FX3) arm. I have to say I am enjoying the best phono sound I have ever owned, reminiscent of the Eminent Technologies SLT without all the silliness of air pumps and all. Another breakthrough!” Critical Dealer

FX3 is a “from the ground up design” & is the next generation of this technology.

Funk’s F•X beam: Very low “Q” with very low self-colouration has less effect on the cartridge. The sound is characterised with speed, layering finesse and fine resolution. Above all reproduction enjoys an uncommon naturalness.
ABEC 7 bearings.

High linearity falling-weight bias for optimal tracking and extended stylus life.
Straightforward Azimuth adjustment.

In line with the stylus the Lo-slung counterweight gives a sleek stylish design.

Who and what is The Funk Firm?

he 70s was the golden age of audio and certainly that was when the foundations for modern day analogue were laid down.

As the curtains closed on the 70s, there appeared a small, notorious but notable company, Pink Triangle.
Making the headlines, it is no exaggeration to say that Pink Triangle was responsible for turning the whole turntable scene upside down whilst at the same time heralding a new age for turntable development and helping to bring it to where it is today.

At the time, not only did turntables all sound radically different, there was no reference against which to evaluate them. They got away with reproducing records in quite different (and thus quite inaccurate(!)) ways.

Yet the master tape used to cut the records has only one sound, so for a turntable to approach this standard was and remains truly demanding.
Pink Triangle launched onto the scene using master tape as its reference.

Turntable after turntable fell by the way side, for instantly the comparisons showed up serious colourations and limitations.
We recall that at the time objections to using master tape saying it was not a real-world situation. (Well, they had to try something)
But Pink Triangle stood for a standard and started to un-pick decades of poor design:
– PT pioneered the use of the light and rigid sub-chassis, which was also non-symmetric and hence less prone to resonance.
– It argued against the use of the soft useless mats of the day, and, shock horror, it invented the use of “hard” acrylic onto which the record directly sat in order to match the impedance of the record to the platter and so reduce colourations.
– Instead of the AC motor, which had been king, it selected instead a DC motor to provide a super smooth drive.
– For greater drive stability, it employed an inverted bearing – this was the precursor to Vector Drive.
– Needle Talk adjustment for arm energy dissipation.
– The system was designed with a Centre of Mass that was co-linear with Centre of Gravity.
– It showed the massively beneficial effect of putting the Motor in line with stylus

Now look around at the modern turntable. How many now use, no, rely on those original ideas? From the most budget conscious to the most expensive, the ghost of Pink Triangle is everywhere.

We are not saying there have not been other ideas, but in writing this, we genuinely tried to think of other companies who could make similar claims for so many ideas…and we came up short.

Innovation upon innovation, Pink Triangle has certainly reserved its place in the history and evolution of the modern turntable. That is something no one can take that away.