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| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Dear perrew, yes, both- the big Jensen as well as the better Lundahls - do outperform the XF-1 in terms of resolution, openess, transients, low level detail and soundstage dimensions to name but a few.The Cotter is the peer of teh XF-1.Most import... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Hi Axel, the proposal with the "common ground" - establishing by a package of records agreed upon - is just a suggestion to a better understanding and maybe a kind of test ground for all.It is neither to further support my already big enough by al... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Hi Axel, as for decent (below $1000) priced tonearms, I would heartly recommend the bigger Jelcos as well as the venerable (dynamically balanced and most versatile..) old Micro Seiki MA-505 (many versions on the market - try to go for the "x" or "... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Dear Halcro, you are right.No - I won't spice up this 1st sentence with one of my over-egomanic, sarcastic, ironic, acid (or whatever...) Gunnery-Drill-Sergant (God - T_bone, that was a great one !!) follow-ups.Even if I rather see me acting for s... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Dear Atmasphere,well - steady tracking force while through warps....... if you look real close it is an interaction between the suspension of the cantilever and the vertical moving mass vector of the given tonearm.......That dynamically balanced m... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Hi Axel, ..... entertaining........ everything off topic, but still entertaining. | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Dear Nandric, the point with all this disagreement about the FR-64s/FR-66s is a matter of timing .....I am firm in my impression, that anyone who does not like the sound of the FR-64/66 or think it is colored (... this is the ONE single most neutr... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Hello Axel, .... its not my problem if it does not make sense to you or some other people.You entirely misstake me with someone caring about that ......I give info as good as I can when honestly asked - whether it finds open minds or not is withou... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high The "final assault" is a combination of magnetic isolation and air cushion - fine tuned and stabilized at 0.5 Hz horizontal and vertical. The platter isn't heavy - its much more than that. The bearing is a horizontal force free string drive indeed... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Peter, right now I am running a - modified beyond recognition... - TT consisting of a RY5500 motor, RX-3000 base with double 38 lbs platter isolated spindle from bearing and floating on silicon grease bed, counter motor and suspended on 1 Hz air-c... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Peter, all I could add to what I have written in the post in your inital thread, would be theoretical background and a dive into dynamic vs. static mechanics. I have learned in the past 4 months on Audiogon that these theoretical backgrounds aren'... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Hi Axel, great idea !!Go carry on - you are certainly on the right path.Musing and watching,D. | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Hi Perrew, it certainly would depend on the cartridge I want to use/listen to.If the cartridge of choice would be any of the Lyras, Dynavectors, Koetus, Phase Tech or similar (means : medium to high compliance - most top-flight cartridges today do... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Hi Axel, BTW - nice idea with the low tire pressure......I begin to realize that this is kind of general approach with several audiophiles.But if it works for you/them - again... fine with me.Personally I'd rather go for the high pressure/high per... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Hi Axel, I do not want to conduct your thoughts and ways of thinking, but let me once again encourage you to carry on musing about this topic ......... the "problem" is not yet solved, but it is becoming increasingly entertaining to watch.You are ... |