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| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Pindac, as the length of an underhung tonearm is very flexible, in that you can choose almost any length you want within reason, I suspect that you would not have to modify an existing tonearm board or plinth in order to mount an underhung tonearm... | |
| Phono Pre Gain If you want to go into detail, with differences in phono stage gain of a few DB, as in this case, the amount of satisfaction of the user is going to be related to the gain characteristics of the downstream components. How much gain does your line ... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Raul, just to be accurate, 10 degrees TAE comes from Yamaha. And it applies to the extreme angle of the error their tonearm ever achieves. Obviously at the null point, the TAE is zero. I think the Yamaha is 7 inches. For underhung tonearms, max TA... | |
| Phono Pre Gain No. Don’t worry. Be happy. | |
| Best turntable under $4000 I think Curt is a “money manager”, aka investment advisor, pimping for new clients. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Mijo, what “law of physics “ is violated by an underhung tonearm? ( I won’t specify the RS Labs or the Viv, just the principle of an underhung tonearm with zero headshell offset angle.) | |
| Best turntable under $4000 "So like I've repeated here and in many other places, enjoy what one enjoys. If one is aware of the issues and the alternatives, is educated and informed, then at that point, assuming that the person is rational and well-intentioned, A person can... | |
| Best turntable under $4000 Have fun listening to the S&P 500. The premise here is you don’t need the income you could otherwise earn from $4000, and/or that there is more to life than making money. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Raul, do you have any data, besides the capacity to measure TAE, which is obviously greater for an underhung tonearm than for a conventional pivoted tonearm? What measurable data correlate with distortion of the perceived information we can get fr... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm What Dave said. Also, the supposed purpose of the decoupled headshell on the RS Labs is largely defeated by its wiring, which impedes free motion about the horizontal pivot of the headshell. (Here I’m referring to the rearward decoupling of its h... | |
| Best turntable under $4000 Has the OP indicated that he is interested in a used turntable, not to mention a vintage used turntable? Those often come with their own unique sets of problems that the new owner then has to solve. Just to note one thing: the SP 15 is not in the ... | |
| Small form factor, SS phono preamp recommendation. Either the very best available phono card for your Accuphase, or the iFi iPhono 3 black label, like Dover says. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Again, I’d prefer to compare underhung tonearms to conventional pivoted overhung tonearms. And my thought is that the more linear change in skating force from outer to inner grooves may be an advantage to underhang. Also zero headshell offset may ... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Raul, I apologize; the technical explanation for the underhung tonearm on the GT5000 is to be found on the "What Hi-Fi" review of the whole turntable, where the reviewer asked the Yamaha engineers for their explanation. He then had to translate th... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Raul, Can you get it through your head that I am not claiming superiority for underhung tonearms? I have written this many times. I am only advocating an open minded approach to novel ideas, such as the idea of an underhung tonearm. And in fact... |