Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2020/09/24

Reed's 1H is the latest addition to their entry level tonearm series, featuring, for the first time, carbon fiber as primary Reed 1H’s armwand material.
According to the press release, after a thorough research Reed found a way to make the carbon fiber arm wand’s acoustic properties close to ones that normally are typical for the wood. By using soft wood to damp the carbon fiber tube, their new arm wand’s acoustic properties become considerably better than using carbon fiber alone, and can be compared to wooden armwands, the company stated.
Reed 1H has a cardanic bearing system. The vertical axis has thrust rotation bearings and the horizontal axis is based on thrust pivot bearings (same concept as in Reed 3P). Such bearing construction eliminates wobbling of a bearing, which has a great impact on the quality of the sound.
Among other features, Reed 1H tonearm has azimuth adjustment, replaceable headshell and VTA adjustment. Tonearm height adjustment range is from 28mm to 48mm. It is also easily tuned and can be mounted on most turntables out of the box or using an adapter.
Cartridge signal output is either 5 pin-DIN connector or Finewire 37 cables. The anti-skating is magnetic, similar to the one used in Reed 3P and there are three effective lengths available, 9.5, 10.5 and 12 inches, with the effective mass varying from 12g to 18g depending on arm wand length.

For more information: https://www.reed.lt/

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