Ortofon RS-309d 12" tonearm - excellent

For sale is my wonderful 12” Ortofon RS-309D tonearm. It is in excellent working and physical condition.

This arm’s sound is very organic and balanced. I used it on a TW Acustic turntable with Ortofon, Lyra and Shelter cartridges. Each sang.

Features from the Ortofon website:

- Dynamic balance graduated vertical tracking force (VTF) control through a new spring design
- VTF in the range 0-5 grams can be precisely adjusted by means of the supplied digital force gauge
- Anti-skate control adjusted by calibrated dial in the range 0-5 gram
- Tone arm height, and thereby VTA, is easy adjustable on the tonearm base.
- Detachable head shell and tonearm cable, with standard SME-type connectors

Specifications from the Ortofon website:

- Effective mass (without headshell)  - 4.0 g
- Effective length (distance between the stylus and pivot point)  - 329 mm
- Mounting distance between the pivot point and turntable center  - 314 mm
- Offset angle  - 19 degrees
- Overhang  - 15 mm
- Tracking force adjusting range (direct reading)  - 0-5 g
- Height adjustment range  - 42-57 mm
- Diameter of  the armbase mounting hole - 34-36 mm
- Diameter of the center shaft  - 16 mm
- Fixing holes PCD  - dia. 50 mm
- Size/Thread  - dia. 3.2 mm (dia. 3 mm x 20 mm and dia. 3 mm wood screw)

Included with this sale:

- Ortofon Digital scale DS-1
- Ortofon Headshell SH-4

- Ortofon Headshell LH-2000

- Ortofon LW 7N leadwires
- Ortofon Tonearm cable (unused)

- Ortofon Mounting template

- Original manual and setup documentation

- Original box / packaging

At my asking price, ground shipping and PayPal fees are included.