Curved and Straight Tonearms


Over the last 40 years I have owned 3 turntables. An entry level Dual from the '70's, a Denon DP-52F (which I still use in my office system) and a Rega P3-24 which I currently use in my main system. All of these turntables have had straight tonearms. I am planning on upgrading my Rega in the near future. Having started my research, I have noticed that some well reviewed turntables have curved 'arms. My question: What are the advantages/disadvantages of each, sonic or otherwise? Thanks for any input. 
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Showing 3 responses by timlub

Just thinking,  at one time,  I had my brothers Denon,  I believe that it was a DP60L... Might be wrong,  but I had it for about 2 months doing a few mods, 1 repair and some adjusting,  but this table had interchangeable arm tubes... a low mass straight arm and a medium mass s arm... both worked well.  At the time,  I didn't compare,  we exchanged them based on the cartridge. 
I have had both,  shoot,  I have both now.  Overall I agree with shadorne as far as curves contributing to resonance reduction and mass for high or low compliance cartridges.... Although,  I have heat shrinked and used interior dampening on light weight straight arms,  also with good results.