Questions Regarding Installing a Wheaton Triplanar On A SOTA Cosmos

@lewm My follow up references made to my use of a Platter Mat and Genre, has not been prompted by yourself.

I sense you fully understood I was describing a perception of impact on sound from the material selected for use.

To elaborate, on my set up in my environment, I have discovered certain materials and supporting ancillaries, that are intended to be used at the interface of LP > Platter or LP > Cartridge, that are not able to enable the systems capabilities to deliver to the level of presentation that has been realised within my own system in most up to date guise.

There are materials and supporting ancillaries selected, that have to some degree and without doubt, Obscured, Masked, Concealed, Kept Hidden, Blocked Out, the systems capabilities of producing perceivable Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Timbre - Envelope and Coherence.

I stand by my statement that many who are keen to use a Vinyl Medium as their Source Material are using set ups that have the impact where one of the following - Obscured, Masked, Concealed, Kept Hidden, Blocked Out - is occurring to some degree.

As stated, if one is heavily invested in their Vinyl Source to have this as the impact on the sound being produced, if present, this to myself, is seemingly a wasteful condition.

I have helped others discover this condition in their system and assisted with aiding them to move beyond this condition being noticeable in their system.

My Loans of items are instrumental to the condition being realised and through trials of differing configurations of materials at a interface, a version of a improved alternative has also been realised. The result, being that another has been enabled to create differing interfaces, along with TA geometry tweaks to capitalise on the interfaces being created.

To attempt to be clear, In my unique listening environment on my System.

I have been able to set aside materials due to their poor value as an addition and select others that add value, especially through enabling the systems capabilities for creating a perception that - Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Timbre - Envelope and Coherence are all present and are far removed from being perceived as - Obscured, Masked, Concealed, Kept Hidden, Blocked Out.

To have a system that has realised the above Capabilities and attractive traits. Which is the result of being enabled through design, component and material selection, with the fundamental intention to create the perception of such valuable traits being presented. Is to have a system that has an interaction with a listener that can/will become addictive.

I once demo’d at a public attended event, where approx’ 500 paying visitors were in attendance. A very conspicuous visitor to my space came back for numerous visits, as did quite a few other visitor. At the end of the day the conspicuous visitor came to my room with one other person, they made it known they are a Company producing TT’s with a starting price of £50K and have customers with systems costing £000 000’s. They wanted to tell me my system had them mesmerised and was a real credit to the show, especially in how I had shown that a system can be produced on a budget that impresses in a very similar way to one of their uber expensive clients system. I’ll take that as Win 😎

Such a system certainly hits home on the satisfying the individuals unique stimulus from the impact of the environment on the function of the Amygdala. As a result of sound encountered in an environment, there is a stimulus, it’s not a Nicotine or Caffeine hit, there is more gentle and longer lasting impression from the Chemical Reactions resulting from the Amygdala Stimulus, one that is the stimulus to keep the pursuit ongoing by the audio enthusiast.

One does not put their hands over their ears to close out a sound just because it hurts their ear drum, they also do it because the sound, as a non medical description, is freaking the Amygdala out. The Chemical Reactions being produced trigger the motor neurons and the protected ear is not a choice, it is a reaction.

As stated, the sound created by creating an audio system can be very good for - Mind - Body - Spirit, it don’t have to be limited to Whale Calls and Breaking Waves.

Where did the pursuit start, fortunately for myself, I have learnt of the value of having a High Quality Bearing Assembly, a long time before I had encountered many of the experiences being referred to in the above posts and other posts made on this forum.

The overhauled platter spindle bearing, where the design is limited to producing axis trueness, reduction in friction and metal on metal avoidance, have been known to myself for many years. These three items being addressed are of high importance to enable a proportion of a perception of - Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Timbre - Envelope and Coherence to be noticeably present when compared to a non overhauled bearing. What is usually noticeable with immediacy, is the quietness, the TT when rotating is just so not there, the benefits of this condition are more timely to learn, not all are aligned to the valuable traits and detecting them, even myself many years past.

Where does one go after being able to perceive such positives are to be had from a bearing overhaul.

Platter Mats are easy, a quick swap out if a certain range of thickness are used only. There are hundreds of options to be had. The Commercial Sector love the Vinyl Enthusiasts keenness to try out Mats, one can pay $500+ for the privilege. My suggestion start with Rubber - Cork - Rubber Cork. Each will have the potential to present with a different impact on the sound being produced, do not stop and rest on laurels, there are very valuable discoveries to be made.

There is another investigation very worthwhile, which is looking into a TT’s Speed. Controlling Speed in a improved and precision manner, can be quite affordable. One can even get a very accurate Speed Controlled TT for less money than the cost of an add on ancillary to control speed in a much more expensive TT.

One can also get quite affordable Speed Controllers as a DIY Build for differing Motor Drive TT’s. I have had these options built for myself on owned and used TT’s. As well as have a TT with a renowned built in Speed Control from the Manufacturer redesigned as a upgraded Speed Control design.

Speed Control when properly working will be very beneficial to increasing the proportion of perception of the Valuable Traits being present.

Speed Control when used in conjunction with a Bearing that has been Overhauled, is a combination that has a impact that has left myself, never wanting to return to what was before. The - Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Timbre - Envelope and Coherence - just pop out, this is a attraction to the presentation that is to be maintained. Anything from previous guise is no longer to be put to service, unless as used solely as a comparison demo’.

Interestingly, maybe anyways, is that those I know who got over their hostilities to a idea of a bearing overhaul and especially with a focus on the avoidance of metal on metal when reassembled, could not say enough publicly about the good impression made.    

The Support Structure is a activity of learning that for myself, is another endless journey. As Structure Design and Structure Materials are able to be worked with in differing configurations and exchanges. The perception of the - Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Timbre - Envelope and Coherence are being further defined in ones perception, by the careful selection of a range of materials and design for a supporting structure. I today can quite easily demonstrate, how the removal or exchange of a couple of choice items selected for the structure can with immediacy create the perception a colouration has been added, the tonal frequency has undoubtedly moved. By removal or swapping out certain items in the structure I can easily mask the attractive traits being referred to.

There is no shortage of very very positive reports on how a rethink about how a Support Structure is created, has produced a end result that is extremely impressive and is very much wanted to be kept in use.

Do I really want a Vinyl Source set up in a way its usage seems compromised, certainly not. Being investigative and adopting methods made known will certainly move a Vinyl Source set up more towards the description of becoming impressive.

Tonearms, "Regrets I’ve had a few," (good ole Frank), nearly all TA's in the past 30 years being a design based around a certain geometry, and are a design that are born from plagiarising another’s design.

My earlier choices for a TA enabled myself and others to experience my systems capabilities to present the eked out Valuable Traits.

It is knowing that quite a few use these TA’s with a design born from being plagiarised set around a particular geometry, that I feel is a fundamental to my making a statement such as:

"I do suspect that many users of Vinyl as the Source Medium, settle for an inferior set up, especially one not optimised."

My choice of TA in use today, is bespoke produced, and is the design that has enabled all the previous investigative work undertaken to be catapulted to a whole new level of quality and impression made.

The new TA is without doubt, very very responsible for the perceivable presence of the valuable traits - Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Timbre - Envelope and Coherence - are there in droves.

Demo’s of this latest guise to the set up, and the making it known the TA in use has without doubt, been the tool to bring years of toying with ideas and materials to a new level of performance, has resulted in individuals being at a demo’, having put an order in to have a same TA produced.

One individual who purchased as a result of a Demo’, is an Engineer and very adept EE. This new TA acquisition, has been so impressive, the individual become compelled to produce a from scratch built TA design, which now produced, os proving to be an excellent performer and is seemingly only differing in sound quality to the acquired TA, as a result of different materials used for the structure, mechanically they are seemingly a parity in how the perception of being unconstrained.

Cart’s and the Mechanical Interface externally and within a Cart’ are always a curiosity to myself, this is one area, where I have to be quite deliberate in how I constrain spending. Kindly offered demo’s are free and usually good friendships have evolved from such new encounters, if a fellow enthusiast is the host.

Where next, with all this history of creating different mechanical interfaces and structures to impact on energy transferral to a mechanical interface.

More Interface investigation I’m afraid to say ?

The use of Vinyl as a source for some, has a parallel energy usage running along side. Where the mechanical requirements are as enjoyed as a subject, as much as the listening to the recorded music. My own personal hierarchy, always has the set aside time to be entertained through listening as the ultimate to be achieved. I know a few who I very much respect, who will spend hours at the Lathe-CNC-Soldering Station and after 30 minutes of listening to very impressive creation, get back to the workbench as their real audio interest. .

Panzerholz, Permali is hot as a material, as a material it has revealed itself as being impressive, and one to supersede other selected materials. Especially as a Plinth Material.

In use, it has tidied all the Valuable Traits, to the point there is now a detectable precision in how the - Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Timbre - Envelope and Coherence - are being delivered. To my preferences this material has is the ultimate as an attraction. It is strange that the impact is not overly present, but is when experienced in my system and a few others only describable as a night/day difference.

Also the Kaneta design for the presently in use TT, both P’holz and P’mali are key to this, where the TT’s metal chassis will be substituted by having a Plinth/Chassis from the above stated materials, nothing new here, just getting on board where those with better knowledge and understanding than my own have gone before.

Also Platter design, there is a host of Materials and configurations for this to be put in place as a trial experience.

I have a system that is very responsive to changes to a Tonal Frequency and the impact on such a change on how Timbre is perceived.

I have a variety of Platter Mats that enable a tuning of the Tonal Frequency, I reduce or introduce Colour as I decide.

I also have with this simplistic approach, a means to produce a Timbre that has an honesty as a adjustment that takes seconds, what not to like about that .

Further can be done with perception of Tone/Timbre with a umbilical swap at a key interface, if the mood demands it.

My extended investigative measures are maybe for some unusual, certainly not oddball, I have not been eccentric or invented anything, or am I using anything not typically selected, even in relation to the likes of densified wood, it is already a product found in commercial ventures for audio equipment. Mycelium as a material is weeks, or Months away to be found in use.

I have only experienced many more types of a typically selected material than is usually seen reported on, and can only vouch for my experience had and very little else.

As stated, when it comes to sound produced from audio equipment:

"I’m not in the support a Vinyl LP Replay Business, there are many with substantial investments getting a satisfying replay. Myself has moved forward of this method. I’m in the whatever it takes to preserve the - Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Timbre - Envelope and Coherence - embedded into a Vinyl LP Recording Business."

When such valuable Traits are perceived, other perceptions follow, the Psychoacoustic is able to conjure up fantasy.

The Soundstage becomes quite real, the Volume of the Soundstage enlarges, the boundaries of the soundstage seem very distant.

The Imagery within the Soundstage seemingly takes on a form that is not only locatable but also can be perceived as being in transit and seems able to be encountered.

The Visual and Audible share a similar space, then take a stereo recording made with a QSound Code embedded, the Visual becomes disconcertingly real to the point of creating a reaction from the listener.

None of the above very attractive traits will be realised from using a non-optimised set up for a Vinyl Source.

There is not many I know apart from Five inclusive of myself, who have experienced in side by side comparisons, a Same TT, TA, Cart’ with same Sub -Mounting, where three TT were used, with one set in a Marine Plywood Plinth another in a Compressed Plywood Plinth and the other in a P’holz Plinth.

My own evaluation was in keeping with others who experienced the Demo’s, which is P’holz has the most attractive influence, if one wants all the details to be laid out and easily detected.

If one wants noticeable Colouration Marine Plywood is the choice to make, if one wants a tidied up sound over Plywood, a compressed plywood is quite suitable.

P’holz is King and difficult to not use once experienced, especially following comparative experiences. Other options are seemingly firing on Three Cylinders only.

Removal of Stator and Bearing assembly from it’s metal chassis and embedding it into a Panzerholz Chassis/Plinth is all the rage in my little world of SP10 Mk II’s.

I have a box next to me now with a recently imported Stator/Motor contained, as gift to a friend.

I’m also able to use the same design, but not yet set in to a P’holz Plinth.

P’holz or Permali as the exchange material to the Aluminium Base on a Sota, will in my view transform it.

The Bearing on a Sota can also be much improved, even beyond the later guises developed, that took care of the serious flaws discovered after short term usage of original designs.

Bearings are at there best when rotating with an extremely true axis, ( think very low microns), extremely low coefficient of friction (think 0.03 - 0.08) and measures adopted to avoid a Metal on Metal contact within the bearing assembly. Such a bearing design can cost one multiple $0000’s or fortunately in many cases much less to attain, it depends on how one goes about getting to this level of performance.,

In relation to this thread, I am quite interested to see if this new TA, is one with the performance to show as a comparison how constraining the SME V is, as an influence on how a recording is perceived when being replayed.

TT’s hey, either loved or loathed.

I was pipped to the post, see the Link, and another source produces a P'holz Platter for the Garrard 301.

I am from the school where certain materials are at there best if Homogenous, but 3D printing and the substrates that can be used are slowly changing my school of thought. As stated recently the audio industry or DIY entity are very close to seeing structures produced from mycelium spores being formed into structures. If it good enough for Formula One it has a place everywhere that needs eco friendly structures to be produced.

Houses are being produced out of mycelium blocks in earthquake areas, as the blocks have energy dissipation that surpasses other typical and affordable building materials.  

My own SP10 Mk II as a Kaneta Design, will be tried out with a stacked Platter using different configurations for the Stack.

There will be original platter on original platter, the same again with top platter filled with Newplast Modellers Putty (Newplast measures as a damping material very similar to a Resin Impregnated Densified Wood), Acetal is already available to be machined as a top plater, Phosphor Bronze and SS are both available as Platters which can be used as a sub or top platter, P'holz is another, which is already discussed to be considered, but I think will be a later down the line introduction. 

 

 

As for the Verismo, I am very keen to hear it in use and have a offer to be demo'd it in a Home System. I will revisit the invite very soon, to see what can be arranged.

Ortofon are spearheading the R&D into Damper Design, I see Damper materials as the most influential material on a sound that can be produced, followed by the tensioning of the Armature into the Damper. 

The Verismo has a bespoke produced Damper, hence my keenness to learn of the influence from this Damper type. I am not aware of it being used on any other Cart's from the Brand.

I myself have a Ortofon Cart' from a earlier period and one which is lower down in  the range. This Cart' has been modified with a TOTR WRD under its hood. This has been compared to the same design as the original and the same design as rebuild.

My Cart' stands out for the quality of sound being produced in a comparison and only becomes a slight different sound, but not bettered when compared to a much more expensive Cart' in the Ortofon range 

I don't see any other Cart' producer competing with Ortofon in the near future, there research and designs are now funded by a owned subsidiary producing micro rubber parts for the medical industry.

I get the impression the Ortofon Brand, will be trouncing their competitors  when it comes to sales proportion on the Pie Chart. 

The real let down, is the Company has now stopped all the old opportunities for a  certain selected group of Third Party Services to buy parts from them.   

I am a Platter Mat Hoarder, I have approx' 20, which os not a brag, it is a resulkt of a long-term of collecting of which I have listed the material types on this forum on a few occasions.

Today I have broke into a delivered package and now have another Metal Platter Mat to add to the metal selections to be made for Mats.

This new metal mat is a Micro Seiki Duraluminium, it is a much more substantial weight than the AT 677, but not coated in a coating like the AT - 677 Technihard. 

I have after endless trials found 4 x Mats Types with a total of 7 x Mats that work in a very similar manner at preserving the Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Envelope and Coherence. Between the 7 x Mats, to my ear, it is extremely difficult to detect a loss of any of the above referred to valuable traits.

I can adopt another Mat/Material and immediately detect a substantial loss to these most valuable traits presence, with the result being that perceiving the loss can become a very real detractor and unwanted listening experience. Fortunately an easy fix is at hand.

I do suspect that many users of Vinyl as the Source Medium, settle for an inferior set up, especially one not optimised. I state not optimised as a result of the outcome of my loans of Mats, which for those that have received them have been exposed to a revelation. For the most of these die hard Vinyl users who have taken the time to experience these new encounters, they are jaw drop impressed. When they are further encouraged to play with the VTA for each Mat, the report back makes it sound like they have a new TT in the house of substantially more cost. Not bad as an outcome from a bit of time set aside to make the most of a Free Mat Loan and a little play with a TA's VTA.  

It is very easy to lose the very important traits able to be produced from a replay, when having a Mat Material in use that is not an optimised substrate to work in a particular and unique environment, endless toying with VTA and other Cart' geometries will not optimise the set up, the interface of the LP to the TT must be optimised to the unique environment.

The best on offer without optimisation will be music being replayed Hoo Rah, that is the Goal and possibly a Coherence of the presented sound that has an attraction. There is much more that can be realised, but I will not suggest to anybody where they should get off the bus.

My choice selection of Mats are today, used for creating Tonal Richness.

The AT -666 Vacuum Mat is the most lean with the Tenuto Gun Metal being Lean, but with a hint of Rich injection if only compared to the 666. Rock, Indie, Country, Americana, Orchestra all come to life with these materials, but this is my unique flavour if choice, as are all my preferences.

Another might enjoy the mats capabilities, but prefer different mats to be selected for other genre's.   

The AT-677 has a Rich Tone when compared to the above.

When the 677 is compared to the following types it is the least Rich, but not what I will call Lean in Tone, it has taken on roots. This is wonderful on Female Vocals and Piano or Jazz, but adds something of an alternate attraction to the above genre's.

The AT 600 is used both Singular and Stacked, It gives an immediate perception of a Rich Tone, Notes and Vocals are noticeably underpinned with a extra depth. A foundation is now detectable. I do believe a Newplast Modellers Putty used to bond the two stacked 600's will give a much deeper sense of the foundation, but if the important traits diminish, there is no value to be had in my assessment. This would be more in keeping with what I will refer to as the experiences being had by many.

The music and listener really do come to life when all the valuable traits are laid out in front of the listening position.

The 600 is wonderful on Female Vocals and Piano or Jazz.

5mm Forex Foam ( Cheap as Chips/Fries) what a material, plenty of Richness to be perceived in relation to the AT -677 and a few increments more into the ground than the AT 600. Forex is my most preferred Mat for Chicago Blues and all copycat performers.  

In with this mixture of Mats I have a OEM Platter, a SS Platter and a Phosphor Bronze Platter, along with Spindle weights in differing materials up to 1Kg.

 Do I take Platter Material, Platter Mats and Spindle Weight seriously?

No! No! No!

I'm a bit loke McD's when stated were not in the Burger Business, were a Real Estate Company.

I'm not in the support a Vinyl LP Business, I'm in the whatever it takes to preserve the - Dynamics - Micro Details - Attack - Tone - Envelope and Coherence - Business.

No point in owning a Cart' costing $$$$'s if it is the most expensive smearing tool that one can afford, avoid such pointless squander of ones monies, it will be better  to buy into the Cheapest Smearing Cart' on the Market. The listener fatigue and discontent will settle in at the same rate for each Cart'.

I wonder how the New Mat will fit in ? I wonder how a few different stacked permutations will present ? I wonder If I have to start from scratch on the Kaneta Design ? 😉  

I'm glad to have adopted TT's with designs and Drives that allow me to use all weights and configurations for Platter, Mats and Weights.       

Changing a Platter Mat that is a single Mat only from my selection to be used, is quite simple, as they are all between 4.5mm - 5.2mm, no difference to changing an Album or Spindle Weight.

Note: I have made it known within this forum I swap out my ESLs to Cabinet Speakers to listen to Blues Music, as I like the Colouration of the Cabinet, it brings back strong memories of when I first was listening to Blues in small venues. Surely of I had the opportunity to further tweak the Richness of Tone to blend the Colouration why not.

 If I am entertaining guests with listening to the HiFi as the sole agenda, I will certainly select the bulk of the music to work with a Mat I intend on using.

If the guests bring a different music type along, I will make it known a different Mat will be potentially a improved experience.

As said on other occasion, the listening experience is a activity to entertain, and the value of the sound side of the entertainment is very much aligned to how the individuals Amygdala is stimulated by specific sound and is producing chemicals that are rewarding as a stimulus. 

In the same manner I understand other stimulus, I have developed a n understanding of this one to, and how mood/feeling can be changed by minute changes to the sound being produced. 

The listening experience impact on a person, extends far beyond the sound arriving within the ear, it is totally associated with the hierarchy of Wellbeing and Mind, Body, Spirit.   . 

Not at any time has been suggested a Platter Mat is a design to favour a Genre of Music.

The fact I like a Platter Mat that has a perception of being Lean on my system when in use and is preferred on use with Rock, Indie, etc, is my choice and no way a suggestion towards anything else.

Just as I never said a Speaker is favourable to a Genre of music, but did say I favour a Speaker Cabinet to be in use when I listen to Blues.

The idea that there is not a taste for a variation of sound as an experience is hilarious, utterly hurting my ribs at the moment, lets all chop the HiFi in and get Alexa.  

For the Record, all that I offer to others is free, there is no remuneration in mind at all. Certain individuals have been so impressed with a loaned platter mat it has been gifted to them, and others have made their own efforts to purchase a particular type.

There are contributors in all forums who are types that have very healthily remunerated themselves with their activities around audio equipment, and as a result think of themselves as a authority. My opinion on this does not matter.

What I an sure of, is that there is not one 'know it all' throwing out opinion on a forum, that is going to influence myself, especially when commenting on how I should use my time to generate experiences with and around audio. I will decide what level of Transparency is present and what tools are to be used to maintain this when I get of Bus leaving colouration behind. Nobody else will be making that decision for me. 

 

@tomic601 It is great to know that others like yourself, both experimental and curious are able to be discovered in audio forums.

Such good to know types are becoming rare, some might say hounded out.

Have a look at the Link, this is the future, not all will call it Mycelium, it will get an internal fancy name to make it seem incredibly expensive, as Linn has recently done in their £50K TT, where P'holz is used. Linn are using Product X to add to the Ker Ching.

 

  

@lewm I am not a member of the 'fix it with $1000's gang', I'm on the, 'be investigative' and look at what you are doing with the set up, for some that is a harder method than parting with money without much knowledge of what is being bought into  .

I will usually be on the outside of many a discussion, as the fix is commonly how much monies are to be spent on a unknown product with the chances it has never been an 'in front of experience' by the OP, as well as very likely the recommender as well.

In my Country, that as a practice, has a special idiom reserved for such a practice, and it is not, 'waste not want not' that I encourage. 

@lewm It is no secret, I have a means of writing on this forum, that is long winded (prolix), I make such a claim unashamedly, and for such I receive comment.

Additionally, I quite enjoy using Capitol Letter whilst structuring a sentence, it is my choice to not restrict a Capitol to a Proper Noun and to stray into poor Orthography.

The forum does not bind individuals from having a display of Poetic License or to Wax Lyrical, I enjoy this injection of unruliness used in a selection of my Posts.

None of the above matters, if the content put forward has enabled another to ponder something described a little deeper, and adopt a method that has been presented. My own personal mail box is testament to others on occasion informing the Penny Dropped and an idea is now being sought through to a realisation.

There is very little discovered within this forum to discourage me to be something different. My observations of this forum, before becoming a member and as a member, leaves me with the understanding the fundamental is about encouraging inquirers to spend, and it does seem to me prior to my joining this was a direction steered from those with concealed agendas, there is no doubt, a period within this forum where a unbalanced period was dominated by members with a commercial interest in the outcome of inquiries made within a thread.  

Some got so blase, the approach was almost a sales pitch with some sort of elaborate description to be excused for such a Cold Calling Attitude.

I joined this forum to counter such an attitude, and share alternative info, based on experiences had only, and at worse, based on experiences described by known and very trusted individuals. 

I am always encouraged, to participate in this forum, there is a lot that can be shared, even if a little repetitive, that will hopefully, encourage an individual to optimise what they possess as an audio set up, for not too much of a financial outlay, prior to throwing substantial monies at items, that are not encountered in advance and only a fantastical perception of its performance is the faux experience that has developed.

There are hostilities to be met, when one steers the idea away from spending, especially within a environment that is quite honed on the concept of spending as the solution.

Fortunately this member is not a flimsy reed in the wind, there is a bit more resistance to the forces that are around.

 

 

@neonknight Great News that your initial setting up has presented in a manner that has been quite satisfying.

The 6310 has its fan club, I like it as a model as it is very honest, it does not conceal much about how its parts are assembled to enable function, which is nice if one likes seeing under the hood of a Cart'.  

I have had a search and discovered  Modern Production CF Heads Shell that is claimed to be 5 grammes.

I can add a link if of Interest? 

 

 

@lewm  Would the Link not be easier? 

If one is willing to continuous wore a TA, the Bayonets inserted plastic cylinder housing the signal path pins id removable, which will shave weight further.

The interference fit design I am familiar with, which is designed to be used for the replacement of a SME Type Removable Head Shell, has enabled a little more weight to be removed in conjunction with the plastic cylinder. 

The Screw Clamp is redundant and removed, the wall of the part for the clamping of the Headshell is a lesser gauge as it is a better metal for the role of being less substance. 

With Drone Technology developing at the rate it is, Maybe ??? the Tonearm as it is known today, has a new tech to be utilised, that will transform the way the Cart' is to be enabled to track the LP Groove.

Watch this Space.