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| stanton str 8 80 ? Rocky, your tonearm is just fine. Let us know how it sounds. | |
| stanton str 8 80 ? Gentlemen, the Stanton tonearm is underhung. Which is to say that the tip of the stylus will be short of the spindle. All or 99% of the conventional tonearms that you are talking about are overhung tonearms. Which is to say the stylus hangs over ... | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment Dover, I disagree. | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment Moonglum, Just to clear up a basic point in our discussion, I think/thought that originally you were claiming that LOWERING the pivot point would.... etc. But in your last post, you are talking about RAISING the pivot point. In the latter case, ... | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment Moonglum, In your model using a balance scale, the restorative force is gravity, acting to restore equilibrium once you remove the upgoing force you applied in order to raise the pan on one side. At the starting point, where the two pans are leve... | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment Maybe Schick was thinking about the fact that for longer tonearms, the tracking angle error due to non-tangency of the cantilever to the groove is less on average than for a "shorter" tonearm, all other things being equal. But you still have head... | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment Moonglum, are you going to take your marbles and go home? I am very interested in your hypothesis. Please explain in more words. I am willing to be convinced. First of all, I want to be sure what you are saying. Are you saying that there will be ... | |
| RIAA, Questions only please We have an equation with 3 variables: the filter built into the cutter head, the filter built into the phono stage, and the degree to which any magnetic cartridge is actually “perfect” as a velocity dependent transducer of kinetic energy into sign... | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment Cleeds is correct. VTF goes down if the pivot point is moved down.Also, The skating force is due to the friction of the stylus in the groove. Therefore the magnitude of the skating force will vary based on the stylus shape, the degree of tracking... | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? Acutex LPM320 or M320. Probably not realistic to mention these as they are very hard to find anywhere. They are Induced Magnet types with stereohedron-like styli and titanium cantilevers. Output is 2-3mV, I think. | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? I keep forgetting to add one point I wanted to make with respect to the OP. Not only do I agree that the cell phone programs are notoriously inaccurate, but also so can a strobe be in accurate. In many cases the 60 cycle frequency of the AC line ... | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? I thought it would be interesting if by some chance he had something substantive to say about phoenix engineering. I do agree with you about the general tenor of his posts.In this case, I am still waiting. And I think we will all wait forever for ... | |
| Stroboscopic disk sets wrong speed for turntable? Clearthink, can you take a step back from the ledge and say why you so detest Phoenix? It’s a serious question, because the products are highly regarded by the vast majority. Thanks. | |
| The Science of Vinyl/Analog Setups Yes, the performer seems to be inside the gramophone. And he or she also seems to be dying to get out. But I do get what you mean by the sense of immediacy. Unfortunately, it covers the audio bandwidth from about 300Hz to 2kHz. Within its seve... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? I think the take home lesson is that if you select the "right" phono stage at the higher price point, you will be very pleased, and the expense will seem worthwhile. If you make a "bad" choice, then even if you've spent big bucks, you won't neces... |