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Influence of stylus shapes on distortion
Dear Axel: Everyone can have its own " ideas " about as are their know-how and experiences on the subject.In your thread you want to " aisle " the stylus shape against distortion and here like in other audo devices the stylus shape is not an aisle... 
SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight
Dear Axel: +++++ " Look what your stylus is doing when being lowered into the start groove ---- pop - and wiggle, sometimes jumping quite nastily into the first music groove, ever had that? " ++++++++++ " The higher the compliance the more wiggle ... 
Teres Turntable/Soundsmith Strain Gauge System
Dear Rich: Interesting that the the Teres tonearm " beats " the Schroder Reference one Rich could you share more information about your tonearm. ) and " intriguer " about those Marigo feets and ovbiously that Certus " new " Teres drive TT.I wonder... 
Pickering xsv/4000 replacement stylus insights
Dear Drew: Both are of the Fine Line stylus shape but are not the same and certainly that the original is the way to go: the best match, at least for your model, the other one could degrade the cartridge quality performance.Drew, even 190.00 for t... 
Mounting hole-to-stylus variation / tolerance
Dear Axel: +++++ " The maths is correct! But life seems to beat it all the time. " +++++This statement is a confirmation of almost none serious/in-deep research ( laboratory one. ) on several/many audio item/device subjects not only on tonearm/car... 
Will SME-V, etc benefit with non-stock alignment?
Dear Jonathan: Thank you for your explanation. The whole subject is try to find a " number " to be a standard but I can see is very complex.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Pickering xsv/4000 replacement stylus insights
Dear Drew: I agree with Gregm: Buy it fast.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Influence of stylus shapes on distortion
Dear Axel: Here I give you some info about: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1235522919&openflup&54&4#54 was not an in deep sessions and maybe at my place the precise/exactly tonearm/cartridge set-up was not right on t... 
long RCA cables . . .where?
Dear Jorsan: None, 20' are a lot for that kind of signal.regards and enjoy the music.raul. 
No Sound From Cartridge Unless Volume WAY UP
Dear Bluedenmant: Maybe is wrong wired at its connector pins.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Influence of stylus shapes on distortion
Dear Axel: That was an answer from a " music lover ", I think that the cartridge designers can give us a more precise answer. Maybe JC could help us.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Influence of stylus shapes on distortion
Dear Axel: You point out one of the distortion sources: alignment set-up, and we have to add VTF-matching tonearm/cartridge resonance frequency range-AS-load impedance-and the like.A stylus shape between its shape design has no self distortion oth... 
SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight
Dear Peter: That threshold that I'm speaking is : through our each one ear/brain perception.Raul. 
SME V arm: dynamic VTF or straight weight
Dear Peter: Now that you already try both VTF " ways " you have the opportunity ( on both ) to make a very fine tunning with the VTF set-up you like it more and through tiny VTA changes try to be near on the other sound characteristics that you li... 
Pickering xsv/4000 replacement stylus insights
Dear Drewmbl: That cartridge is only one step down of the Pickering top of the line in those times, very good performer.If you want something that could beat it IMHO maybe you have to invest over 3K on a today LOMC.Lucky to have it.regards and enj...