Little Fwend HIGH Automatic Tonearm Lifter

"Recommended" Award – Hi-Fi Choice Magazine

Acclaimed Automatic Tonearm Lifter Helps Protect Your Stylus from Unneeded Wear

The Little Fwend HIGH automatic turntable lift is designed for Clearaudio, VPI, Kuzma, Dr. Feickert, McIntosh, and many more turntable brands. It is a most necessary accessory.

A serious turntable is almost always manual. You are undoubtedly a person who listens to music in a mindful and focused fashion, and that is great. But sometimes life happens. A drifting thought or someone calling on your attention can suddenly distract you, and two hours later you wonder if you turned the turntable off.

The precious diamond at the end of the cantilever has a useful life of 1000-2000 hours before it needs to be retipped, if it is a hi-end model, or replaced. There is no point in wearing it out prematurely if you can easily avoid it. That's where the Little Fwend automatic tonearm lifter comes in.

The Little Fwend is mounted on your turntable and set up to trigger a lifting mechanism that raises your tonearm and stylus above the surface of the record after the music inevitably fades out. It is 100% mechanical and will not affect the audio signal in any way.

"I Recommend It Without Hesitation," Raves Stereophile

"The Little Fwend, the name of which you will hate or love, is one of the most well-conceived, well-packaged, well-made audio accessories I have encountered. I recommend it without hesitation," raved the late, great Art Dudley in Stereophile, back on January 24, 2017.

"It does what it says on the box, it’s an automatic tonearm lifter that is extremely well finished, looks the part, and simply lifts your tonearm when you get to the run-out grooves – groovy," notes Oscar Stewart, HiFi Pig Magazine, June 3, 2024.

Hi-Fi Choice "Recommended"

"A beautifully made precision, damped lifter, it is triggered when the arm touches a delicate spring/antenna at the end of a record," is how Hi-Fi Choice describes the Little Fwend, honoring it with the magazine's "Recommended" Award.

"The damped lifting mechanism is super smooth and results in a gentle rise that is free of bouncing or jerking as the arm rises. This is a superb device that’s beautifully crafted and will make an elegant and useful addition for many turntable users. "

The High Points of the HIGH

If you own a Clearaudio, VPI, Kuzma, Dr. Feickert, or McIntosh turntable, the Little Fwend HIGH is for you. It is compatible with and many more turntable brands, too. The HIGH works with turntables with 1.6" to 3.19" (48-81mm) from the mounting surface and up to the underside of the tonearm, measured while the stylus is in the groove.

The HIGH model has been sold to more than 1500 happy customers since 2016. It fits turntables with thicker platters (VPI, McIntosh, Dohmann etc.)

For the Little Fwend HIGH to work, you need a flat mounting surface between the edge of the platter and the base of the tonearm to adhere the magnetic mounting disc. Point the stylus towards the middle of the run-out groove of a 12” record and measure to see if you have at least 1.10" (28mm) diameter free space straight under the tonearm tube.

See https://www.littlefwend.com/compatible-turntables for a full list of compatible turntables.

Product Features

Overview

Automatic tonearm lifter
Raises your tonearm and stylus above the surface of the record after the music fades out
100% mechanical – will not affect the music signal
Helps protect your stylus from unneeded wear
Beautiful, precision made, metal construction
Magnetic mounting disc
HIGH model is designed for Clearaudio, VPI, Kuzma, Dr. Feickert, McIntosh, and many more brands
See Specifications (on this page) for tips on determining if it will fit your turntable

Included Accessories

Toolkit: Eklind 1.5mm Allen key
Magnetic mounting discs
3M non-adhesive mounting pad

Product Specs

General

Base material: Nickel plated brass
Top material: Nickel plated brass, stainless steel
Rubber material: Neoprene 70 Shore
Magnet: Neodymium N35
Set screw: Steel Hex M2 x 3mm
Damping gel: Fluorocarbon
Height range: 1.6" to 3.19" (48-81mm)
Weight: 2.4 oz.
Base diameter: 0.63" (16mm)

Compatibility

Requires a flat mounting surface between the edge of the platter and the base of the tonearm to adhere the magnetic mounting disc
Works with turntables with 1.6" to 3.19" (48-81mm) from the mounting surface and up to the underside of the tonearm, measured while the stylus is in the groove
Point the stylus towards the middle of the run-out groove of a 12” record and measure to see if you have at least 1.10" (28mm) diameter free space straight under the tonearm tube
See https://www.littlefwend.com/compatible-turntables for a full list of compatible turntables

Product Warranty

Lifetime | Parts & Labor | Little Fwend™ Warranty Information

Product Manual

Little Fwend™ Mounting Instructions (PDF Format)

Recommended Component 2025 - Stereophile

"From Norway comes the Little Fwend, an automatic tonearm lifter in the tradition of the fondly remembered Audio-Technica AT-6006 Safety Raiser: a damped, spring-loaded cueing platform that lies in wait for a tonearm to pass overhead and trip its trigger—an event timed to occur when the stylus is done playing an LP side and has entered the lead-out area. AD described the Little Fwend as 'one of the most well-conceived, well-packaged, well-made audio accessories I've encountered.'"

- Stereophile, March 24, 2025

"Recommended" Award – Hi-Fi Choice Magazine

"A beautifully made precision, damped lifter, it is triggered when the arm touches a delicate spring/antenna at the end of a record."

"The damped lifting mechanism is super smooth and results in a gentle rise that is free of bouncing or jerking as the arm rises. This is a superb device that’s beautifully crafted and will make an elegant and useful addition for many turntable users. "

- Hi-Fi Choice, July 5, 2017

"This is beautifully machined item available in three sizes…"

"The lift cylinder is smooth-operating and well-damped, which results in a gentle rise, free of bouncing or 'violent upheavals' as the arm rises, regarding of its mass or tracking force. Little Fwend provides excellent set-up instructions and includes both magnetic and adhesive ways to fix the base to your turntable."

- Michael Fremer, analogplanet.com, February 6, 2018

"The Little Fwend, the name of which you will hate or love, is one of the most well-conceived, well-packaged, well-made audio accessories I have encountered. I recommend it without hesitation."

"Since the first day I tried it, a few weeks ago as I write this, the Little Fwend has performed reliably and smoothly, sparing my styli untold minutes of wear—and every minute counts. It even once saved the bacon of my EMT OFD 25, when I used it to play a record in my collection that I'd gotten from a local library. (Someone, may God forgive him or her, had thought it a good idea to put plastic-tape Dymo Label Maker labels in the lead-out area of every one of that library's LPs.) That's a pretty good savings right there!"

- Art Dudley, Stereophile, January 24, 2017

"Gone are the days of automatic turntables with their complicated internal gears that affected the sound quality but, don’t worry as the Little Fwend steps in to do this function without any impact to the sound of your turntable.

"It does what it says on the box, it’s an automatic tonearm lifter that is extremely well finished, looks the part, and simply lifts your tonearm when you get to the run-out grooves – groovy."

- Oscar Stewart, HiFi Pig Magazine June 3, 2024

"Little Fwend works so well and is so reliable that I could even relax and sunbathe in a hammock while listening to my turntable and I didn’t have to worry a second about my sound box. At the end of the side, the tonearm is gently lifted and rests stably on the beam, keeping the stylus out of harm’s way while the record continues to spin. All in all, I think the Little Fwend should be supplied as a standard with any serious turntable, not only for humanitarian reasons but because it has huge benefits, looks great, and doesn’t interfere with the sound whatsoever. Conclusion: I get by with a little help from my fwend!"

- fidelity-magazine.com

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