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| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? Tony, When the stylus is tracking an actual LP, the friction that causes skating has everything to do with the grooves. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Tim, The XTZ is the "super" version of the TLZ. It was TOTL back in the 80s. Grado introduced it to stimulate sales after the TLZ had been on the market for quite a while. I always was curious about the XTZ myself. The TLZ was a great cartridge an... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Dover, You wrote, "The Dynavector arms use the same electromagnetic horizontal damping to counter the high horizontal mass in their biaxial design."Actually, the DV tonearms are some of the pivoted arms I had in mind when responding to Ralph that ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Nikola, I have never broken a cartridge in my audio life. You can trust me. | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? "As soon as I think I'm out, they pull me back in..." (Michael Corleone)Doug, I think the genesis of the skating force is a bit more complex than simply that of a force pulling the stylus toward the center of the LP (or the spindle). Skating force... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Is having equal vertical and lateral mass a part of the definition of a linear tracking tonearm? I would not think so. I guess you meant that it is one of the best SLs you've used, because of the low lateral mass, as opposed to any air-bearing SL ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Decca has virtually no cantilever. Which is why the old heavy Deccas would beat the hell out of the LP groove. Compliance = 0. A hyperbole to be sure, but not far from reality. | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm The thing is, in reality the Rabco is a pivoted tonearm, not really a pure SL type, because it must pivot in order to activate its servo. Once this was pointed out to me, I lost my mojo for it. Never owned one. | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm Oldears, That was the classic TOTL set-up back in the early 80s, a TD125 with a Rabco SL8E. The sight of it in an audio salon (remember those?) used to provoke a case of envy in me, back then. | |
| Turntables with warm/smooth mids and highs Buconero is correct, IMO.You want (or you should want) your turntable to be as neutral, as "not there", as possible. You can then flavor your music as you like it by your choice of cartridge, tonearm, and/or phono stage. The others are probably co... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable Spirit, With all due respect, ANY decent turntable should readily reveal important differences in recording qualities among the wide variety of LPs you mention. If not, you've got a problem, but I would first blame it on tonearm/cartridge/phono st... | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? Like Groucho said about Doris Day, "I knew her before she was a virgin." | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? God! The last thing you should want is a "Top Ten" or any sort of rank order. Inevitably anyone's opinion will be only of minor relevance, a guideline at best, in your final determination of what you like best in your system. Indeed, has anyone he... | |
| Is tonearm bias a compromise, maybe a myth? What Fleib and Audiofeil said. But I'd rather do this topic again than Madonna. | |
| Bearing lube for Dynavector tonearm Dear Mink and Ct, there is no detectable binding, just audiophile nervosa. Damper plate is perfectly aligned. I actually think that what I may be sensing is simply the damper plate doing its job; if you swing the horizontal arm manually, at a much... |