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| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Nice Post Tonywinsc....👍Thank you..😘The danger is that being outside the quiet zone (10Hz +/-) can result in excessive wear or even damage to your cartridge and records- even if it sounds fine.In the interests of science.....further elaboration an... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Ddriveman,Here is a photo of my Melbourne Dealer friend with Ikeda San a few years ago when he personally picked up his new Ikeda tonearm.Even the personal thrill of accepting his arm from the great man himself did not cloud David's judgement...👀❗... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Ddriveman,As you already own the FR-66s plus some wonderful turntables....I'm wondering if you are disappointed with the performance of the arm that you are hearing?Having experienced many arms myself.....the very first sounds from one of my FR-64... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth I would just like to emphasise Kirkus' point about 'calculated' Resonant Frequency...and 'measured' Resonant Frequency because they are rarely (if ever) the same...⁉️😫Many arm manufacturers provide a dubious figure for their arm's Effective Mass w... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Thanks Al,I knew that you would be able to explain this so that even a dummy (me) would get it....😬❓And I got it.....😜❗️RegardsHenry | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Hi Ralph,Henry, Its more than being about warped records, if you read inbetween the lines of Kirkus's post above- if the effective mass is incorrect, you can actually have the stylus jump out of the groove of a perfectly flat, concentric LP.An exc... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms If you search these forums, you will find a very different opinion from those above regarding the Ikeda tone arms from the designer of Lyra cartridges. It's certainly not J.Carr driving up the prices of FR-64s/66s tonearms...👀It must be all the o... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Did someone just hear and answer my prayers ❓😜 | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Hi Ddriveman,I bought my WE-8000/ST from Otoman Vintage in Japan..and believe it or not....he has another one 😜There is an already nuded TT-101 with armpod available from a friendly Dealer in Melbourne is you're really interested....❓👀 | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Thanks Professor (Timeltel)...😘You more than anyone knows how long I have struggled with this apparent dichotomy....❓👀It's good to see you back here after so long...✋👀And thank you for those Links...👏 I haven't yet finished them...There was a lot ... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Hi Kirkus,Many thanks for your thoughtful Post (as usual).....and it has made me realise how wrong I am about the importance (or lack thereof) of the Arm/Cartridge Resonance…..😲❗️I’m really kicking myself now because I’ve done a great deal of thou... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Sometimes an instrument is designed which is well-nigh perfect and is hard to improve upon.....see Stradivarius violins...😎The FR-64s/66s tone arms are possible examples of this phenomenon...❓😘 The price for a 35 year-old FR-66s has doubled in the... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Cancel my previous Post Davide256....I've just read some of your other Postings...Turntables like the Linn and Sota when properly balanced have a suspension resonance point below the audible range of human hearing, vibration from the surface the T... | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Sorry Peterayer...my bad...😴 | |
| The Arm/Cartridge Matching Myth Greetings Zavato...✋I could not get your Link to work unfortunately.....😢I think we did read different magazines....❓👀In Australia we had access in the late '70s and early '80s to British magazines like Hi Fi Answers and Hi Fi Choice...and in the ... |