Recommended VTF again. It is not my intenion to cotradict eihter
Stringreen nor Raul, but I think that the truth is more important than
prejudice. When Keynes was asked by his colleagues what will happen on the long run with his recommendation to stimulate demand by the governement(s) his answer was ''on the long we all will be dead''. Well I am not sure if + 30 years imply ''long run'' but the most of us own (MM) carts which are older than 30 years.
The most of us, except Raul, do believe that such carts as ''low
riders exist''. Are the recommended VTF's still usable for those
low riders? If one wants the body of his cart on the record instead
of the stylus one can try . But the most will try such a VTF by which,
if possible, the body will not touch the record. The reason why
there are low riders is the softening of the so called ''rubber ring''
which determine compliance as well the VTF. The opposite also
happens. This rubber ring can dry out as function of time while
no VTF of any kind will help. To believe in recommended VTF
is to believe that manufacturers use invariabe suspension not
effected by function of time. This imply that they are clairvoyant
because they know what will happen , uh, on the ''long run''.
In such (parallel?) universe there are no low riders, no defective
suspensions and no need to ever change the mentioned ''rubber
ring''. In my case which does not prove anything but may suggest
something Axel changed this rubber ring by at least 6 of my
carts. He told me that in particular those EMT's and ZYX have
suspension problems. My relative new ZYX Airy 3 just got a
new suspension . Because the body of this cart is made from
plastic which is glued together Axel needed to cut the place
where the cover plate is usualy situated to get access to the
inside of the cart. So this problem ''may'' exist by old as well
(relative) new carts.
