halcro
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| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth That makes me think of something: Is it only me or do others try not to cue the needle in the middle of the record? I have this feeling that dropping the needle, even ever so slowly in the middle of the record will leave some minor damage in the g... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Ralph,The FR-66 is not a "very high-mass" tone arm- although its on the high side for sure, but not 'very' high.I think you are mistaken....👀❓The FR-64s is listed on Vinyl Engine with an Effective Mass of 35Gm..so a figure of 40 Gm for the FR-66s ... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Hi Tony,The tonearm/stylus was cycling at 16 Hz while playing a record. It was interesting to see. Long term it would have worn out the stylus for sure.For this to occur...a 16Hz tone had to be created either on the record, by the warp or off-cent... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Picture Ella Fitzgerald focusing her voice on a crystal goblet. She finds the resonance frequency of the goblet and then sings holding that frequency steady. The glass responds to that input. The goblet starts to ring and the amplitude builds unti... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Yes...the performances of the FR-64s and FR-66s are very close to each other in tone, spatial abilities, cartridge matching etc....Where the FR-66s differs is in a magical ability to sound relaxed and authoritative at the same time...👀🎶No....it al... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Thank you to all who have contributed here....😍For a few years, I have bought and sold a variety of vintage MM and LOMC cartridges together with vintage Japanese tonearms of different masses and designs....and I have been astonished at the sound q... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Nice Post Tonywinsc....👍Thank you..😘The danger is that being outside the quiet zone (10Hz +/-) can result in excessive wear or even damage to your cartridge and records- even if it sounds fine.In the interests of science.....further elaboration an... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Ddriveman,Here is a photo of my Melbourne Dealer friend with Ikeda San a few years ago when he personally picked up his new Ikeda tonearm.Even the personal thrill of accepting his arm from the great man himself did not cloud David's judgement...👀❗... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Ddriveman,As you already own the FR-66s plus some wonderful turntables....I'm wondering if you are disappointed with the performance of the arm that you are hearing?Having experienced many arms myself.....the very first sounds from one of my FR-64... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth I would just like to emphasise Kirkus' point about 'calculated' Resonant Frequency...and 'measured' Resonant Frequency because they are rarely (if ever) the same...⁉️😫Many arm manufacturers provide a dubious figure for their arm's Effective Mass w... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Thanks Al,I knew that you would be able to explain this so that even a dummy (me) would get it....😬❓And I got it.....😜❗️RegardsHenry | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Hi Ralph,Henry, Its more than being about warped records, if you read inbetween the lines of Kirkus's post above- if the effective mass is incorrect, you can actually have the stylus jump out of the groove of a perfectly flat, concentric LP.An exc... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms If you search these forums, you will find a very different opinion from those above regarding the Ikeda tone arms from the designer of Lyra cartridges. It's certainly not J.Carr driving up the prices of FR-64s/66s tonearms...👀It must be all the o... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Did someone just hear and answer my prayers ❓😜 | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Hi Ddriveman,I bought my WE-8000/ST from Otoman Vintage in Japan..and believe it or not....he has another one 😜There is an already nuded TT-101 with armpod available from a friendly Dealer in Melbourne is you're really interested....❓👀 |