Glanzlab Premium : MH-12SUS (MH-124S Premium)
The Glanz MH-124S Premium combines neutral transparency with explosive dynamics, delivering weighty holographic images, silky string tone and exceptionally defined bass. Its precision four-point bearing, DLC-treated construction and tungsten-loaded counterweight underpin a presentation that is revealing yet richly natural. Richard Mak found its tonal balance, extension and realism exemplary.
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Sound Quality
95/100
Build Quality
96/100
Features Usability
80/100
Value for Money
81/100
Pros
Exceptionally neutral and transparent, with uncoloured voices, strong detail retrieval and convincing realism.
Ultra-dynamic, stable presentation with weighty imaging, fast transients and articulate, well-separated bass.
Superb engineering, including a remarkably smooth and precise four-point bearing, no detectable play and extensive DLC treatment.
Cons
No dedicated azimuth adjustment, which the reviewer considers a meaningful drawback for exact cartridge alignment.
Its $26,500 asking price makes it a specialist proposition for uncompromising high-end systems.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 95/100
The review describes an exceptionally transparent, neutral and highly resolved presentation, paired with fuller, silkier strings and unusually convincing instrumental weight. It is portrayed as a musically complete arm that combines tonal naturalness, extension, dynamics and realism without sacrificing fine detail.
Overall Sound
96/100
Richard Mak calls the Glanz his preferred Japanese tonearm and says it outperforms his Fidelity Research FR66. He found no fault in its transparency, tonal balance, instrumental contrast, extension or realism, while voices were rendered free of coloration and the Premium brought greater body and tonal refinement than the standard arm.
Tracking Performance
94/100
The Glanz is praised for exceptionally forceful transient attack, wide dynamic contrast and stable, solidly formed imaging. Its low-frequency control is especially impressive: bass lines and percussion retain clear definition rather than merging into a blurred low-frequency mass, while orchestral weight and separation remain composed.
FEATURES USABILITY PERFORMANCE 80/100
Setup is aided by a supplied mounting template, and the arm provides VTA and anti-skate adjustment. Its flexibility is reduced by the absence of azimuth adjustment, while the available evidence offers little indication of broad cartridge matching beyond the stated cartridge-weight range.
Adjustability
80/100
The MH-124S Premium permits anti-skate and vertical-tracking-angle adjustment, and the included template supports straightforward installation and alignment. However, the reviewer specifically notes that azimuth cannot be adjusted, a meaningful limitation for users seeking precise cartridge setup.
Cartridge Compatibility
80/100
The specified 12–15 g cartridge-and-headshell range suggests a more focused fit than a universally accommodating arm. The review documents successful use with the Ana Mighty Sound TNT15, but provides little broader evidence about matching across low- and high-compliance cartridge types.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
96/100
The review reports exceptionally precise stainless-steel construction, with no detectable play in the moving parts and bearings described among the smoothest and most precise the reviewer has encountered. The Premium adds a tungsten-loaded counterweight, carbon-graphite sleeving and inserts, silver internal wiring restrained with silk thread, and extensive DLC treatment intended to improve hardness and damping.
Value for Money
81/100
At $26,500, the reviewer acknowledges that the asking price will attract understandable criticism. Although the arm is compared favorably with several very costly reference designs, the review does not make a direct case that it is a particularly strong buy against those peers.
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Specifications
- MODEL
- MH-12SUS(MH-124S Premium)
- Balancing
- Static Balancing
- Total Length (*1)
- 330mm
- Effective Length (*2)
- 305mm
- Practical Length (*3)
- 290mm
- Offset Angle
- 20 °
- Adaptable cartridge weight (incl headshell)
- 12·15g
- Total weight
- 1.12kg
- Overhung
- 15mm
- Tracking weight range
- 0.5g (Minimum scale) – over 10g (5g/360 °rotation)
- Adjustable height (*4)
- 41·70mm
- Headshell weight
- 12g (Incl.screws and lead wires)
- Shaft dimensions to mounting base
- 16mmΦ
- Mounting hole size
- 30mmΦ
- Fixing depth size
- Up to 20mmt (Another size is available)
Manufacturer's Description — Glanzlab
The “Jewel in the Crown” – the “premium” highest-grade model, acknowledged as delivering the most trusted performance
Features:
- In pursuit of the ultimate tone arm for further enhanced performance, we have introduced features that take you beyond the S model, as follows:
- With the addition of carbon fibre to the arm pipe, even more powerful vibration prevention measures are applied
- Furthermore, the arm pipe uses a thin silver wire of low resistance, and silk roll is used for the coating of the flow line, ultimately damping it with vibration proof materials
- Around the weight, a quadruple damper system using different materials has been adopted, and vibration absorption is achieved over a wide range.
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Authorized dealers for Glanzlab Premium : MH-12SUS (MH-124S Premium)
- Ammonite Audio — online and in-store — Norwich, England, United Kingdom (website)
- Ana Mighty Sound — online and in-store — Paris, Île-de-France, France (website)
- Hearken Audio — online and in-store — Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (website)
- Mains Cable R US — in-store — Elland, England, United Kingdom (website)
- Peak Hi Fi — online and in-store — Millhouse Green, England, United Kingdom (website)
- Perfect sense Audio — in-store — Stockholms län, Sweden (website)
- Phantom Audio — in-store — Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia (website)
- Wilbrand Acoustics — in-store — Nordhorn, Niedersachsen, Germany (website)