Moving on from the Support Structure for the Trilogy of Ancillaries to enable a Vinyl Replay to occur, there are the ancillaries themselves to consider.
With the intention being to have oscillations produced within the Groove, transferred as a faithful - unadulterated energy, it is not only the ambient energies within the listening environment and contamination embedded in the LP Groove that can produce unwanted oscillation.
Note: For the individual on a constrained budget, there is much that can be done to create a mounting structure that will be an improved influence without too much outlay. If further knowledge is wanted, a request to learn a variety of these methods adopted by others should become quite fruitful. A Method to Clean LP's does not need to be expensive if particular cleaning solutions and application methods are adopted.
Where expense will be found and for many expense that is way beyond ones budget, is to substantially reduce the energies being produced within the Trilogy of Ancillaries.
A Cart' seen to be able to be be adequate at this role, will in most individuals minds be the Cart' of choice in use, (it is not untypical for a Cart' owner in this price range to be expressing a desire to aspire to using a more expensive model) typically meaning most Cart' users are using Cart's from a range of cost between $400 - $2000. Cart's in these price ranges will be seen to be fine for producing a sonic, but will also in general be seen to be lacking in the assembly, where a particular material seen to be required for an optimised performance are not present in the entirety. Cart's containing all the materials and dedicated time required for producing a Cart' that can be claimed to be optimised are usually found at a cost that is substantially more than the above price range.
Note: My own experiences to date have been that I have been quite content with Cart's encountered and demo'd between £1000 and £4000.
Cart's are extremely fragile and there is no guarantee that the Cart' at any Purchase Value will maintain an optimised function during its time in service. The listening environment and user interface can be quite a brutal place for a Cart' to live in. UV Damage to Dampers, Contamination/Crud build up on Damper and Coils and askew Cantilevers can appear after short periods of a projected service life. I was fortunate to have a well known Brands Cart' modified by a Third Party Technician using parts that are critical to the function of the Brands TOTR Cart's from a certain era.
The Tonearm can pass on generated energies to the Styli impacting on produced oscillation. There is endless debate on Tonearm design and how design types are able to generate various unwanted energies through the function. I no longer use a expensive to purchase Tonearm as it has in comparison to another Tonearm Design been detected as having a unwanted influence, in relation to how the sonic being produced is perceived. I now have a Tonearm that I feel has an energy produced that influences the signal being produced in a much more attractive way as a sonic and in keeping with my own preferences.
The TT's Platter Bearing Function can pass on generated energies impacting on produced oscillation. I am experienced in witnessing work undertaken to improve the interfaces within the Bearing Housing, where the exchange of materials and new tolerances selected for dimensions are undoubtedly beneficial. The work undertaken is discernable for being a betterment at the time of hearing the sonic produced. I have for numerous years been using TT's with bearing assemblies that are in my assessment much improved over the original and are offering a influence on the signal being produced that is much attractive as a sonic and in keeping with my preferences.
Any of the Three Items above can incur considerable costs for an individual wanting the interface between the Trilogy to be optimised.
In other words the Source LP used today, that is the material supplying the undulations and following oscillation, when being transferred to the Coils to become the Source of the signal flow, then to be increased in Voltage by the Phonostage. Is at present, with my level of understanding an improved Signal to other versions I have had in use for producing the same oscillation type.
I can claim with conviction a Phonostage benefits substantially from receiving the cleanest signal possible, the Phonostage is limited in how it can filter out unwanted signal, hence the Phonostage remains a receiver of a signal primarily and is limited in its abilities to filter what signal is being sent.
As said previously, only some Phonostages are, as a result of experiencing them in use, as an assessment, proven the design to be exceptional in the role of receiving and sending a signal.
