Glanzlab S Type : MH-1200S, 1000S, 900S
Glanz’s S Type tonearms put vibration control and precision tracking first, pairing a substantial stainless-steel arm tube with a one-piece detachable headshell and four-bearing fulcrum. Dagogo details an engineering-led design built for stable tracing across a wide cartridge-weight range, with useful height adjustment and removable hardware for exacting analogue systems.
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Sound Quality
53/100
Build Quality
83/100
Features Usability
64/100
Value for Money
85/100
Pros
Rigid 304 stainless-steel arm construction and one-piece detachable headshell are designed to minimize vibration.
Four precision bearings, including a rotary thrust bearing, support stable tracing with cartridges of varying mass.
Flexible setup provisions include adjustable height plus removable anti-skate, arm-rest, and lifter assemblies.
Cons
Available review material provides no direct listening impressions to establish tonal balance, resolution, or real-world sonic performance.
Practical setup ease and cartridge matching are not documented beyond specifications and design claims.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 53/100
The supplied review material explains Glanz's vibration-control philosophy, but provides no direct listening impressions of tonal balance, resolution, dynamics, imaging, or musical character. It does describe a bearing arrangement intended to provide stable tracing, though this is presented as a design claim rather than observed playback performance.
Overall Sound
50/100
The review does not report how the arm sounds in a listening system. Its discussion of reducing cartridge-body vibration outlines Glanz's intended approach, but does not establish the resulting sonic character.
Tracking Performance
57/100
The review describes four precision stainless-steel bearings and a rotary thrust bearing as providing strength, stability and superior tracing with cartridges of different masses. No listening test or report of performance on demanding records, resonance behavior, or mistracking is supplied.
FEATURES USABILITY PERFORMANCE 64/100
The arm offers some useful setup flexibility, including a broad specified height range and removable anti-skate, arm-rest and lifter assemblies. The supplied material also indicates a substantial cartridge-weight allowance, but gives little practical guidance on setup precision or cartridge matching in use.
Adjustability
62/100
Specifications list adjustable height from 41 to 70mm and a tracking-force arrangement extending beyond 10g. The review also notes that the anti-skate mechanism, arm rest and lifter can be removed, but does not describe the ease or precision of routine adjustments.
Cartridge Compatibility
66/100
Glanz specifies adaptable cartridge-and-headshell weights of 16-49g for the MH-900S, 16-46g for the MH-1000S, and 16-43g for the MH-1200S. The review claims stable tracing with cartridges of all masses, but does not document compatibility across real cartridge types or compliance ranges.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
83/100
The review describes a 304 stainless-steel arm and a one-piece stainless-steel detachable headshell, both chosen to reduce vibration. It also details a four-bearing fulcrum with a high-precision rotary thrust bearing, suggesting substantial engineering attention, although there is no long-term ownership evidence.
Value for Money
85/100
No price is provided, and the supplied review does not compare the arm with competitors or comment on whether its performance justifies the asking price. Its value proposition therefore remains unclear from the available material.
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Specifications
- MODEL
- MH-900S MH-1000S MH-1200S
- Balancing
- Static Balancing
- Total Length (*1)
- 255mm 280mm 330mm
- Effective Length (*2)
- 229mm 254mm 305mm
- Practical Length (*3)
- 214mm 239mm 290mm
- Offset Angle
- 23 ° 22 ° 20 °
- Adaptable cartridge weight (incl headshell）
- 16～49g 16～46g 16～43g
- Total weight
- 1.04kg 1.07kg 1.14kg
- 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 weight is heavy, so a weighty cartridge such as OrtofonSPU can be used without having to move it to the back.
- The weight is placed near the fulcrum, therefore the tracing is improved and it gives out dramatically solid sound.
- Much Less distortion and much clearer sound quality due to significantly modified damper design.
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Authorized dealers for Glanzlab S Type : MH-1200S, 1000S, 900S
- 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)