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| Fidelity Research FR-54 Tonearm. ANTI-SKATE??? I would never challenge the result of your listening tests. I am happy that you have arrived at what appears to be a satisfactory amount of anti-skate. However, please don’t deny the laws of physics. No matter how many grams you put on the end of... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-54 Tonearm. ANTI-SKATE??? Mijo, Way up the thread, Elliot wrote, "Well, it sounds darn good 1.5g down/2.5g out, but I don't have any experience with playing Mono LP with Mono Cartridges*; This Cartridge; This Arm." This was at the point where Elliot assumed the 2.5g wei... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-54 Tonearm. ANTI-SKATE??? Don’t believe me. Believe Archimedes and Isaac Newton. Oh, and you could choose to believe the guys who discussed the FR54 on one of those other forums, when they concluded the AS mechanism delivers an AS force about right in magnitude for a 1.5g... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-54 Tonearm. ANTI-SKATE??? "I have a hard time believing 2.5g weight is giving only 1.5g outside force, especially as it attaches 1/2" forward of the pivot."Please consult the Wikipedia page on levers. The 2.5g weight is going to provide much less than 2.5g of side force p... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-54 Tonearm. ANTI-SKATE??? I did some research for you. The manual IS available on Vinyl Engine but only in Japanese. However, there are several older threads on this tonearm that are also mostly to be found on VE. The consensus seems to be that your impression is correc... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-54 Tonearm. ANTI-SKATE??? I’ve never seen an FR 54, so I have no comment on its particular AS mechanism. My only point was that because the anti-skate weight itself weighs 2.5 g is not sufficient data to conclude it is putting 2.5 g of anti-skate force on your tone arm. T... | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations I agree that Mehran is a very reputable and enthusiastic ZYX dealer. I have not seen internet claims that ZYX cartridges are any more often defective than any other of the expensive brands. The story about the guy receiving an empty box is certa... | |
| Graham arm silicon replacement - new product with higher viscosity So why not order some higher viscosity fluids and try them out? Will Graham let you know the viscosity of their new fluid? Probably not, because then you would not be forced to buy it from them at an inflated price. | |
| Fidelity Research FR-54 Tonearm. ANTI-SKATE??? To get you started, an AS device creates a class 3 lever. Where the tonearm is the lever, the pivot is the fulcrum, and the cantilever is the load. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeverThat's if the AS force is applied to the arm wand. I... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-54 Tonearm. ANTI-SKATE??? The force with which the anti-skate weight is pulling outward on the tone arm is related not merely to the weight in grams of the AS weight itself. It’s also dependent upon the distance of the connection between the weight and the arm wand from ... | |
| Phono Preamp Tube Rush three-easy, Good for you that you had the intellectual honesty to pay attention. To complete the experiment, try re-inserting the new tubes after 2-3 weeks using the old set. See if your impressions remain the same. | |
| Frustrated with Vinly I think you should give up on "vinly" and try "vinyl". It sounds a lot better. (Sorry, could not resist.) | |
| Japan Trip - Looking For Shopping MC Cartridge Recommendations First, you will not find Lyra cartridges for sale in Tokyo. Second, the price differential between Tokyo and USA is very variable depending upon brand. This is because different US distributors have very different mark-ups on the particular brand... | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION So, as I suggested, one of the Urushi models, the Vermillion apparently, has a different coil from the others. Thanks to whoever brought that fact out. As to Mijo's blanket statement that the paint has "absolutely no influence" on the sound, tha... | |
| Your opinions about KOETSU URUSHI BLUE or VERMILLION As I recall, all the color-coded variants of the Urushi vary from one another mostly by the lacquer finish. However, there is one, and it might be the Blue or the Red (Vermilion), that uses a different coil wire (e.g., silver coated copper vs cop... |