john_gordon
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| Anti-Skate dial-How to set it? + a bonus question Stanwal said: I would just get a Shure mechanical one; I have found the digital ones unreliable and prone to failure. I have had both mechanical and electronic. I have bought electronic ones off ebay which didn't cost much and proved accurate eno... | |
| Headshell Washers : Nylon or Stainless Steel? If a true comparison is wanted, then you would need to use a torque driver, otherwise you won't know if any differences are due to the materials or the tightness of the screws. As an aside, not only headshell screws, but other fasteners as well ca... | |
| Multiple arms, multiple cartridges and geometry? Hi Halcro,you said: How then.......can I have different geometries for each arm if I don't wish to re-align a cartridge within its headshell depending on the arm in which its installed?Surely......I must select a single geometry for all my arms so... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm,I would like to read your ideas, but I can't seem to find away to email you via this site. Age is telling.If you like, you can reverse the situation and email me, or contact me through the odyssey tonearm blog.John | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hello Nikola,Would you not agree that once a practical experiment takes place, some sort of theoretical position must follow? This must be the case for all of us to some extent unless the next experiment is carried out on a purely random basis. An... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm, Timeltel, Fleib, et alWhy not start a separate thread or continue and existing one rather than drop the subject? There is so much misunderstanding around this subject and, I am sure, so much still to learn regarding why it causes so much dis... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? To allow a return to the thread topic, those interested (the few remaining who care) might find some useful and hopefully accurate info in the antiskate thread here in my Odyssey blog:http://odysseytonearms.blogspot.com/search/label/Antiskate | |
| Ortofon RS-309D geometry Hello Lbelchev,You askedI have two questions:1. Can we adjust the RS-309D without twisted the cartridge in the headshell to change the offset angle from 19 deg. to 16.5 deg?To reduce distortion, the cartridge must be twisted. It can be left straig... | |
| Anti Skating adjustment The skating force that acts on a stylus to cause the arm to swing towards the spindle is generated by the friction between stylus and record. It acts along an axis which is tangent to the curve at the point where the stylus meets the record.If the... | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Doug, I don't disagree that it looks naff, but what is your point?You said Who cares? Do we play records with an armtube? Adjust what matters. Ignore the rest. We play records with a stylus, so as you noted the ideal method for visually estimating... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System T-Bone, Nikola,Pods, Plinths, Pedestals.......? No, I don't think so.I recommend using a Podium, as the winner always ends up there.... John. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Dgob, Raul,Regarding different woods, I would think that the material is less important than the way it is utilised, whether in a cartridge, arm or deck. Similar materials are used for most arms for example, but have different outcomes. MC cart... | |
| VPI Tonearm connector wire and record tracking Tzh21yI have looked at a pic of the arm. Does the wire at the top of the arm come out of a hole directly above the pivot? Or is it offset? It is hard to see exactly.If it is offset, then it will affect the arm in some way as it appears to be quite... | |
| The best alignment for 7 inch singles? Downunder,Interesting that no one has ever designed an alignment for 7 inch singles, or that Loef/Baer ever thought of it.. Given how popular they have been over the years and how manhy squillions have been sold.Interestingly, all arms at one time... | |
| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor Hi Tobes, if you want to know more re SME geometry, see this link for my take on why SME doesn't need this facility. SME GeometryThere are some serious misconceptions and misunderstandings regarding their choice of geometry, which have led to erro... |