Flyfisher,
Beware of strangers calling themselves "Teacher". Remember the DaVinci Code? ;-)
David,
Good to hear from you, and glad to help.
Dodgealum,
My TriPlanar's the same, as was my OL Silver before that. Trying to fine tune VTF by moving a massive counterweight could drive a person insane. Having a bunch of tiny, supplemental counterweights on hand makes it quick, simple and repeatable.
Note: They make O-rings in different thicknesses. Having thicker and thinner ones allows even finer tuning.
Caution: for the safety of your cantilever, lock your arm down before adding/removing rings.
Psychicanimal,
Glad to hear the Creature is about to revive. Will there be a movie? ;-)
Interesting question about the fluid damper. The TriPlanar's fluid damper looks very similar and operates on the same principle. However, while I know many TriPlanar owners I don't know a single one who actually uses the fluid damping. Everyone tries it of course, but its effects with every cartridge I've heard or heard about are entirely detrimental.
If the fluid damping gives you a net sonic gain that tells us our two arms are very different in the way they handle resonances. On my arm the fluid damping muffles microdynamics, harmonics, "air" and leading edge attacks. Those are what I listen for when fine tuning antiskate and VTF, so fluid damping WOULD make it harder to hear. On your arm, who knows? All you can do is try it.
Best to all,
Doug
Beware of strangers calling themselves "Teacher". Remember the DaVinci Code? ;-)
David,
Good to hear from you, and glad to help.
Dodgealum,
My TriPlanar's the same, as was my OL Silver before that. Trying to fine tune VTF by moving a massive counterweight could drive a person insane. Having a bunch of tiny, supplemental counterweights on hand makes it quick, simple and repeatable.
Note: They make O-rings in different thicknesses. Having thicker and thinner ones allows even finer tuning.
Caution: for the safety of your cantilever, lock your arm down before adding/removing rings.
Psychicanimal,
Glad to hear the Creature is about to revive. Will there be a movie? ;-)
Interesting question about the fluid damper. The TriPlanar's fluid damper looks very similar and operates on the same principle. However, while I know many TriPlanar owners I don't know a single one who actually uses the fluid damping. Everyone tries it of course, but its effects with every cartridge I've heard or heard about are entirely detrimental.
If the fluid damping gives you a net sonic gain that tells us our two arms are very different in the way they handle resonances. On my arm the fluid damping muffles microdynamics, harmonics, "air" and leading edge attacks. Those are what I listen for when fine tuning antiskate and VTF, so fluid damping WOULD make it harder to hear. On your arm, who knows? All you can do is try it.
Best to all,
Doug