The arm tube is fabricated from Carbon fibre for exceptional rigidity, reduced effective moving mass of the air-bearing assembly and elimination of resonant colorations.

Every aspect of the design and execution of this arm has been engineered and built with one thing in mind, which is controlling and banishing the resonances inherent in the cartridge/arm system and those caused by the excitation of materials due to vibrations created at the stylus/groove interface.

Massive air-bearing

The stiffness of an air-bearing is proportional to the projected area. In a cylindrical bearing, an increase in length results in a linear increase in projected area and mass, while an increase in diameter results in a linear increase in projected area, but an increase in mass related to the square of the increase in diameter. This results in a complicated interaction between projected area and mass.

The Airtangent air-bearing sleeve is massive with a surface area of 78cm², for exceptional stability and precision.

The Airtangent 2002 air-bearing is a closed-circle design with a symmetrical array of pressure control elements - 132 micro-perforations, laser cut radially in the wall of the beam (45. 132 Laser cut micro-perforations). The massive (46.Massive air-bearing) air-bearing sleeve - a total of 78cm² - in conjunction with the extremely tight tolerance result in a film of highly pressurized air (44.Extremely tight tolerance film of  pressurized air).