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| New $35K pivoting tonearm Hi,@ Peterayer: Just to make sure that there is no mis-information spread:Both armwands and headshells on the LT arms are made out of wood, albeit treated differently to make them impervious to humidity changes and otherwise improve their physical... | |
| New $35K pivoting tonearm Hi,Just to make sure that no mis-information is spread:The armwands on the LT arm are still made out of wood. And so is the headshell, albeit both undergo different treatment procedures to make them impervious to changes in humidity.As for the the... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Hello Royaloak,The reason for the suggested undercompensation is the usually higher than acceptable sidethrust on the cantilever, caused by an antiskating mechanism. While the force excerted by the stylus/diamond on both groove walls may be equali... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Hello Royaloak,Skating force varies between 4 and 18% of the VTF, depending upon all sorts of factors. Any compensation will result in a compromise. My suggestion is such a compromise, reducing the sidethrust/lateral preload on the cantilever and,... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Hi Lewn,"What do you think?"I prefer to refrain from criticizing particular design decisions of other tonearm designers or manufacturers, but I will try to comment( which will, inevitably, contain judgement, I know...).In tangential tracking airbe... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Sorry for the (kind of) double posting. The first one didn't appear for a long time and I thought I had accidentally erased it...Best,Frank | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Hi,Nope... - "nudging" the arm towards the center of the record isn't required(that implies poor quality bearings are used...). The triangular base can be adjusted so that there is no tendency to move either inwards nor outwards. One can even comp... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Hi," Apparently this helps nudge."...Nope... it's just there to "equalize" all forces acting on the stylus. If it was some form of skating-compensation or -generation arrangement(to "nudge" it inwards), an increase of VTF would change the tendency... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Hi,The eff. mass was stated as ranging from 14-21gr. since one can exchange the Certal cartridge mounting plates for lighter or heavier types(phenolic, brass,etc...), just as on my "old" arms.The eff. mass is only about 20% higher in the lateral p... | |
| New Schroeder linear tonearm, any thoughts? Hi Lewm,That base in the Xact audio picture is just that: a base/armboard that's part of a/some turntable(a Kodo "The Beat" in this case), not part the arm. It can be mounted on any deck that allows for a spindle to center of main shaft distance o... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Thank you for your reply Ralph! Now everything makes a lot more sense to me. LOMI carts indeed can't be compared to LOMCs based solely on their output figures. But with correct loading one can achieve an incredibly wide bandwidth(flat beyond 70kHz... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Dear Ralph,The cartridge I was using was not a LOMC, but a LOMI cart that likes to "see" a capacitive load of 400-600pF and a resitive load of 4,7kOhm. I had asked Thom if it was feasible to use the Atmasphere "all the way", but got a negative ans... | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Hello everyone,I just returned from the US and I didn't get a chance to (nor felt like) check(ing) the responses to the RMAF session that originally was the subject of this thread.First of all, I'd like to thank Thom for hosting the event, secondl... | |
| Schroeder Reference Arm Hi guys,Sorry for the long pauses between replies. THANKS to Mike, I'll be at the RMAF from Thursday around noon, so I'm sure there'll be enough time to get reasonably close to what can be achieved under show conditions.I favor a two cart session,... | |
| Schroeder Reference Arm Hi Mike,Thanks for the very generous offer. Before I start asking around, I might take you up on your offer. But I'll then need a couple of hours max. to familiarize myself with this particular sample(so that the setup/adjustment doesn't take too ... |