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| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? The wire is probably fine, but Reed tonearms have a lot more going for them besides good wire. Otherwise, we could all buy FireWire and use it to re-wire some el cheapo tonearm. (Another owner of a Reed tonearm with cryo-treated FireWire here.) | |
| Ikeda IT-407 tonearm geometry In favor of not taking this business too seriously, for me, is the fact that the papers on alignment were mostly formulated and published in the late 1930s. I think the Baerwald/Lofgren dates to 1941. Not that the rules of geometry have changed ... | |
| Ikeda IT-407 tonearm geometry With FR64S or fx, optimal P2S if you want to use Baerwald is 231.5 and indeed in that case cartridge will be twisted inward with respect to long axis of headshell. So probably the same applies to Ikeda which was also designed for Stevenson. | |
| 2020 update : JC Verdier La Platine I must admit, today is the first time I carefully read the letter from Verdier in which he explains about the braking effect at the spindle. That is an accepted method to smooth out or drown the braking effect due to stylus drag and probably does ... | |
| Mag-Lev Turntables If someone gave me one, I would set it up and have it running somewhere in my house as a piece of kitsch, like one of those lava lamps, because it is fascinating to watch. But I wouldn't use it to play LPs. That's just me. | |
| Mag-Lev Turntables Just read the fine print in the owners manual. That alone would be enough to discourage me. If you want a conversation piece, then maybe. | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Thuchan, I do take your point re complexity. I admire industrial art for art’s sake. For that we also have cars and cameras, along with vintage turntables, vacuum tubes, and oddball speakers like my Beveridges. Just no compressor in my audio syste... | |
| Oppo 93 problem Forgive me, if that came across as a facetious response. I really was wondering whether you had unknowingly entered into the wrong forum. I assumed there was/is a digital form. If there is such a forum, you might find more expertise there or on... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive This discussion hasn't "boiled down" to anything at all. The subject at hand is always a function of who feels like posting at any given time of day or night. My personal predilections are against excess complexity per se. I don't want a compre... | |
| Oppo 93 problem This is the Analog Forum. | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? Drrsutliff, exactly my point. | |
| Anyone use Koetsu with Harbeth The upper tier of Koetsu cartridges sound different from one another, at least to the point where it would be useful to know which Koetsu you have in mind. The commonly held conception about the mid-range priced Koetsu's is that they produce a lus... | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? Maybe the proper question is what does a turntable contribute to the sound of a tone arm? | |
| Looking For Protractor For Well Tempered Reference Tone Arm if I recall correctly from my one experience mounting a cartridge in a well tempered reference tone arm, like you say there are holes in the head shell but not slots and in addition to that the pivot point is fixed. You can’t adjust it there eithe... | |
| Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU? Raul, Thanks for your response. Triplanar and Reed are two of my favorites, too. (Naming the only two tonearms on your list that I own and use extensively.) I have a Technics EPA-250 with two arm wands, one for low compliance types and one for ... |