Tonearm resonance


Always have had an issue with tonearm noise. I can't afford the the to spend a fortune on a turtable but I just love the sound of vinyl. I have an MMF 7.3 with the stock tonearm and ortofon bronze cartridge which I'm planning to upgrade to a Hana EL most likely. Anyway, I just saw Funk Firm decouplers online the other day and am curious as to whether it is effective or not. If anyone has had experience with it I would love to hear about it. Thanks

johnnybwood

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I don’t see a compliance mismatch so unless something is wrong with the arm bearings or with the cartridge, there shouldn’t be an issue. How do you know there’s resonance? If you hold the arm pillar with one hand, and the headshell with the other, do you detect play or is there no movement?

If you are experiencing "resonance", consider a better turntable before upgrading cartridge.

You could try wrapping the arm with 10 turns of PTFE tape halfway up and at the bearing end as an experiment. You could also try increasing the mass of the arm by adding another nut to the bolts or using brass instead of aluminum etc.

The OP is asking specifically about that and mentions it by name!

Funk Firm

There’s another by Origin Live called the Enabler IIRC.

anyone know what is is?

@johnnybwood Are you sure it’s not just general feedback from poor turntable support, playing with a lid attached, or speakers too close etc. Honestly, the aluminum vs carbon fibre hypothesis is not something I’d give much credence to. I can hear CF coloration a mile away!

@johnnybwood I was thinking that this sounds like something is not gelling. So I checked out the Stereophile review (I’m not a reviewer fanboy) just to get an idea of their opinion. Long story short, the reviewer hated the Ortofon 2M Bronze on this table and requested a different cartridge. You might start there. Good luck.

Okay.  Do yourself a favor and lose that table. If you've the means to buy those subs, you can step it up from that MMF.