@sampsa55 , What an revelation in time of fake news and
propaganda. The facts and only the facts. Facts are true
statements. But I have some addition. As I mentioned in
my post in the context of the German Magazine production
from (hardened) steel become to expensive so the next
series FX is made from aluminum . According to my ''devaluation
theory'' it would make no sense to use steel after FX.
J. Carr explanation was that meanwhile Ikeda understood
resonance problems better and used an, say, mix of different
metals for 345 & 407 as solution. From my ''theory'' it follows
that each next model should be cheaper (made) in order to keep
the business profitable. A kind of ''opposite proof'' is the price
of the new B-60 (grin).
Now the ''curious'' anti-skate provision by 345&407. This is
not even similar with FX kind. The forgotten ''child'' the 245
however has similar to FX anti-skate provision.
Samsa deed not mention any kind of silver. According to
our beloved ddriverman ''new Ikeda silver'' was better then ''old''
(aka original). But the most of us have at least heard of Kondo
san. According to him the ''matured silver'' (20 years?) was
the best and preferably from Italy. I thought about analogy
with French wine but the Italian is also very good.