Greetings all,
I had the privilege of being Joel's confidant through the conceptualization and design period of the Talea.
The concept of the violin bow/violinist has quite a few parallels to the tonearm/turntable metaphor.
Visualize two different violinists - 1 with technique that employs a fairly stiff wrist, and the other with a more flexible wrist/technique.
The vibration of the bow will "ground" into each violinist's shoulder and body differently. Because of this, there are likely different bows that are ideal for each musician.
Similarly, for the less than "perfect" turntable, the "ideal" tonearm may differ from one to the other. This is even before we consider the arm to cartridge match.
For the poor tonearm designer, he has to presume that the turntable to which it will be mounted is top flight.
This is perhaps the only "advantage" I have as a turntable designer.
From a mechanical and vibrational perspective, my goal is clear - to provide the most stable platform for any tonearm to strut its stuff. I don't have to worry what the tonearm is or how good it is - only to make the job of every tonearm easy.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier
I had the privilege of being Joel's confidant through the conceptualization and design period of the Talea.
The concept of the violin bow/violinist has quite a few parallels to the tonearm/turntable metaphor.
Visualize two different violinists - 1 with technique that employs a fairly stiff wrist, and the other with a more flexible wrist/technique.
The vibration of the bow will "ground" into each violinist's shoulder and body differently. Because of this, there are likely different bows that are ideal for each musician.
Similarly, for the less than "perfect" turntable, the "ideal" tonearm may differ from one to the other. This is even before we consider the arm to cartridge match.
For the poor tonearm designer, he has to presume that the turntable to which it will be mounted is top flight.
This is perhaps the only "advantage" I have as a turntable designer.
From a mechanical and vibrational perspective, my goal is clear - to provide the most stable platform for any tonearm to strut its stuff. I don't have to worry what the tonearm is or how good it is - only to make the job of every tonearm easy.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier