Tonearm resonance

Before one goes down the route of adopting additional devices to insert between Headshell and Cart’, suggested when in use to be a means of Cartridge Isolation.

It will be best for the individual to decide how closely they want to follow the philosophy of Rigid Coupling between all Parts used to create the Vinyl Front End and how much slop they want to add as means of moving away from a Rigid Coupling.

My own experience has been the closer to I have been able to attain to the method of Rigid Coupling, the more impressed I have become with the Source being used to replay vinyl.

Adding a wonder part, can be great at fixing one very small engineering concern, and introduce a whole lot more engineering concerns, that were not present prior to the adopting the use of the part.

@yogiboy are you interested in Exchangeable Wands on TA’s produced presently or Vintage designs as well, where finding a spare wand may incur a period of time watching the market to get the spare item?

There are also wands that are exchangeable that also have exchangeable Headshells as well.

https://www.reed.lt/product/reed-5t-tonearm/

are these issues always present on your support system? It is possible a combo of solidity and anti-vibration is needed.

my final solution was adding isolation blocks between my heavy turntable and very stable equipment rack

I was dealing with springy wood floor over a crawl space, not cartridge/arm issues.

ps, I wrapped those isolation blocks with black tape, don't even see them now.

@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!

Dear @johnnybwood  : Tonearm resonance?. Against what are you comparing that cartridge/tonearm/TT? what is your challenge TT/TONEARM/Cartridge?

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

I would just like to experience a blacker background and I really think tonearm noise is feeding back through the cartridge. That's how it sounds to me. I could be way off base but I thought that might be a good place to start. I certainly appreciate any and all thoughts and theories on the subject. I might have to try it just to find out. Of course it is not as simple as installing just the Houdini. VTA has to be addressed as well as other critical alignments so the the prospect is a bit daunting. I came set up so who knows how well that was done. Maybe it's time to get serious about proper setup full stop! Their recommended anti skating was not right and it was obvious so other aspects probably need tracking also. After all, how much time are they taking at the facility for a 1500.00 tt. Maybe a trial run on  my old Rega p1 to start with and see how it goes with that.