Stylus force digital scales

Digital scales from Clearaudio and others range from $200-500. Amazon has 'em for $20. Why cant I use one of these instead and save big bucks?

tbromgard12-11-2013 9:42pm

dover Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,295 posts 09-25-2017 at 12:28am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete cleeds 814 posts 09-25-2017 9:45am Also, if you use a dynamically balanced arm, VTF will remain constant even while playing a warped record. That statement is not true. Most dynamic balancing is applied with a spring which is designed to provide a restorative force to the arm. The actual tracking force at the stylus will be unpredictable and variable depending on the cartridge compliance, size and gradient of the warp and speed of the record. The competing forces are far more complex - it would be almost impossible to provide a constant tracking force over a record warp.
dover Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,295 posts 09-25-2017 at 08:15am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @cleeds We'll have to agree to disagree. I do agree that the deviation in VTF with dynamically balanced arms will be less than statically balanced arms on warps, but don't agree that VTF can be precisely maintained over a warp even with dynamic balancing, unless of course you consider +- 50% precise.