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| the perfect tonearm Nandric, great !Even if my romantic mood and believe in the ability of man's mind is still underrated.Frege seems to haunt me forever......Still - great, even if my picture of the two lions was inappropriate. I am rather the seasoned Tiger who alw... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high *** Yes, we are indeed talking about the same thing. The "effective mass" of a tonearm is the inertial mass of the end where the cartridge bolts on. The interchangability of inertial mass and gravitational mass is fundamental to classical physics ... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Dear Kirkus, *****thus the inertia in a say 15 grams effective mass 12" tonearm with a given cartridge is always larger then in a 15 grams 9" tonearm with the very same cartridge.No. This is the classic "which is heavier, a pound of lead or a poun... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Just a short note from the office between two meetings....I don't think I was completely wrong.The inertia in a tonearm/cartridge combination does depend on the effective length, as this is not a homogenous corpus, but the majority of the mass is ... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high If it were as you stated, in consequence the derivation in VTF would be worse with increased effective length (= increased inertia) and increased effective mass (= increased inertia). Thus a super lightweight short (9") tonearm would be best in co... | |
| the perfect tonearm To my experience all headshell leads by Ikeda ( I have them all - S-30 to S-50 ) are of identical length. It may be however that there are shorter length samples around.Usually the problem is the other way round and you have problems squeezing the... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Dear T_bone, how to dampen a spring to be used in a dynamically balanced tonearm has been nicely demonstrated by Isamu Ikeda in his (...here we go again...) FR-60 series. A new or in stock condition FR-60 tonearm will feature a long spiral spring ... | |
| Establishing a common analog listening bias A suggestion from my side.I have picked a few Jazz records first.Don't expect any surprises here.Each of these records has stand the test of time and each and everyone has outstanding sonic virtues AND does provide a very natural sonic envelope AN... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Dear Quiddity, absolutely right. Furthermore - as T_bone has already noted, a long (spiral) spring of say 4-5 inch length will hardly alter its tension because of an increase of 1/1000 or less of its length.Furthermore - while everybody is talking... | |
| How to make a true comparison? Well personal preferences - which are fine if its only about "fitting in MY SYSTEM" - and interaction with other parts of the audio chain simply do not allow any comparism.Unless you imply that all other parts are "perfect" you will never be able ... | |
| the perfect tonearm Dear Mikeyc8, Nandric was right in his suggestions of the Lustre/Koshin GST-801 and the MA-505 (s or x). Adding the recommended headshell and fine tuned with the Ikeda S-50 headshell wires and an AQ Leopard dbs or similar pure silver tonearm cable... | |
| How to make a true comparison? Dear Pryso, aside from some small and fairly lightweight TTs I would always suggest moving the very same tonearm/cartridge combo from one TT to the other.Any comparism which shall give a true result or at least an idea of the differneces should be... | |
| the perfect tonearm So - ********* it (the Triplanar) can also be set up to more precise geometrical settings than the 2.2...*********Very interesting.Both tonearms can be aligned for overhang, vta, azimuth, mounting distance.Hmmmm - do you want to start telling peop... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Dear T_bone, the use of the term "occam's razor" seems to be en vogue among US-audiophiles right now........As I am quite sceptical about the biblical Kain and Abel-picture as a whole, I would rather favour the equal well known picture of the old,... | |
| the perfect tonearm Dear Dougdeacon, dear Ralph Karsten, I appreciate you two being open in your realation with the Triplanar distributor.I had personally 4 versions of the Wheaton/Triplanar.While I do not agree with your comments that it belongs to the very best toe... |