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| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge To place a fly into the ointment, consider this: - Fine line contact styli have FAR greater surface contact area versus conical styli. When balanced for equal VTF, this means the fine line will be far less likely to cause groove damage. - A fine... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @kevemaher , I have watched this conversation develop and I can see it might be of limited value to you. Feel free to call me to discuss. The first question I am going to ask you is what is your loading set at and what is the coil impedance of you... | |
| So I bought a WallyScope... @woofhaven1992 , I look forward to helping you. We will explore your SRA and your VTA for ideal alignment. Make sure you've seen the short tutorial videos on use of the WallyScope on my website before you start. We can also discuss how you CAN us... | |
| So I bought a WallyScope... @woofhaven1992 , I appreciate your comments though I wish you had reached out to me for support before coming to a conclusion. Perhaps you did, but I don't recall helping someone who didn't feel like they'd arrived at a final setup they were most ... | |
| Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records? Dear @rauliruegas If you give me a $100 bill and I were to exclaim I am now $100 richer, that claim might be untrue because I didn’t notice you may had taken $200 from my back pocket while giving me this one hundred dollar bill. I.E., One may n... | |
| Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records? Few people mention the VERY IMPORTANT lever force of the cantilever/coil former on the coil damper. There is a 6:1 lever arm there. So, if your arm has ZERO internal torque forces prior to anti-skate application and you decide you won’t use anti... | |
| What is you tonearm’s Maximum Distortion? Hi guys, Debates on this level of refinement (which alignment pattern to use or which tonearm offers lowest tracing distortions) are really insignificant compared to zenith error tolerances in the cartridge industry. Your zenith error should be k... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm Ralph says above, "Drawing the line between what we hear and what we can now measure is likely to draw ire from both the subjective and objective camps. The very idea! But if you want to get down to knowing what's really going on, that's what h... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question @goofyfoot, it is definitely the opposite from what you were told. A larger object will not fit as far down into a 90 degree groove versus a smaller object of the same basic profile. The degree to which they differ in their elevation on that groo... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question Hi @goofyfoot You said, 'The size of the stylus is a factor here too. A larger stylus being exponentially more detrimental than a smaller stylus" I don't know why this might be the case, but I am not surprised if there is a good reason for it. ... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question Hello @fortheloveof, You asked, "What do you think then of the DaVa field coil cartridge that features a conical stylus? Many, including the few on this forum who don't trash a cartridge they have never heard, claim that the DaVa is one of the wo... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question @goofyfoot, this induced errant vertical excursion can be easily calculated mathematically if you are comfortable with numbers. A conical stylus (and, to a lesser degree an elliptical stylus) will exhibit this induced errant vertical excursion to ... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question I have got to agree with Dave @intactaudio. I think a conical stylus is simply not appropriate for playing back ANY groove cut by a cutting stylus made in the last 75 years (and perhaps more). If the playback stylus is not a facsimile of the cutti... | |
| Cartridge setup experts: Azimuth critique You are right on, @karl_desch - tiny changes to azimuth are easily measurable and audible. Of SRA, VTA (different things and important for different reasons, actually!), zenith correction and azimuth, the azimuth angle is most sensitive to angula... | |
| Cartridge setup experts: Azimuth critique Sorry- I meant to say it has nothing to do with the alignment of the stylus or cantilever with the groove. |