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| Why are modern arms so ugly? Dear Thuchan,We are talking tonearms only.When you take the Cobra or Copperhead off the Caliburn or Criterion and put them on a normal TT......you don't have a magnetically supported armboard. Pity ;^) | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Well Dover,You play with your Vector.......uh....do you even have one?And I'll listen to my Copperhead.One of us will keep smiling :^) | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Dover,That's right....the Cobra and Copperhead arms are dual pivots. Not too many of them around?All the tonearms you define without headshells actually have very well defined headshells. The Syrinx PU2 even has a solid bar fixed across its armtub... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Aigenga,I'm currently using the excellent Victor rubber mat which comes with the TT-101 (note that this is slightly different to the one which comes with the TT-81).I find that these 'ringing' platters cry out for the damping abilities of these ma... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Dover,Look at the shape and materials used in the arm construction and tell me it looks like all the other tonearms produced today?To say it is similar to those plastic arms of the 50s is fatuous.Look at the unipivot design with a stabilising pivo... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? To say that the Cobra/Copperhead designs have all been done before displays a cynicism or ignorance which is not shared by other arm designers.We may as well say all pivoted tonearms do the same job and use principles of engineering and constructi... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Brad,Halcro, your a tough cookie when an idea is presented that is not yours. Sorry you feel that way. I thought this Forum was an exchange of ideas and information?I studied structural engineering for 5 years as part of the Architecture course an... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Thales Simplicity arm?.......interesting.Not ugly......certainly more beautiful than the Kuzma 4 Point.How does it sound Leicachamp? | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Thanks for that information Hiho.I didn't appreciate that the TT-81 didn't have a coreless motor?Can anyone explain the advantages of one over the other?Are there still 24 poles so that there are 24 impulses every revolution? | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Brad,It is almost impossible to achieve a 'moment' connection between wood and metal (especially the way shown in that armpod).Without this 'moment' connection.....movement between the wood and metal is a given....ergo....no rigidity here.If one w... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? OK Johnnyb,As the Moderator here.....'modern' arms which do not advance the art and science of the design....are not of interest.Otherwise we could have a 'modern' reproduction of the FR-66S?Heh......now you're talking :-) | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Hi Brad,Thanks for the link.Whilst it looks quite simple........it requires some quite refined DIY skills for the home handyman?The many connections of metal to wood provide severe hinderances to rigidity however.Solidity, mass and rigidity are th... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Bill,Good taste is its own reward :^) | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Wow....the shock of the new!In the visual arts, a truly new aesthetic is often initially found to be ugly.Cezanne, van Gogh and Gauguin brought new aesthetics which in turn lead to Cubism, the Fauves, Der Blau Reiter, Expressionism and Modern Art ... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System Dear Raul,Thank you for those Links......interesting.OK.....in the face of some good arguments and experienced listeners I have opened my mind to the possibility of good turntables of the suspended variety?I really need to hear the top line SME 30... |