FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms
Here is a picture of FR64fx anti-skate: https://oshiete.xgoo.jp/_/bucket/oshietegoo/images/media/b/1229872_5497e546339ce/M.jpg And here is IT-407: http://img.ukaudiomart.com/uploads/large/1747444-ikeda-it-407-with-fidelity-research-b60-base.jpg |
Dear sampsa, As I mentioned before ''the facts and only the facts'' count for sampsa. The function of the lever with finger screw in addition to the lever with scale and (anti-skate) weight is an enigma to me. By FR 64/66 the ''scale with weight'' is sufficient for anti-skate adjustment. Is it possible that the old version of FX kinds missed this extra lever? I can't remember the thing from my old FR-64 FX but there is/was an mk 2 version. If so this may explain my confusion. |
The function of the knob with the finger screw is to adjust the lever so that it is level when the cartridge is at the beginning of the record. This allows the anti-skate force to be calibrated regardless of how the tonearm is rotated horizontally and to decline at the same rate as the cartridge moves across the record. |
The whole business about whose silver wire might sound better seems to me to be silly. Unless we think that either Ikeda or Kondo or Dertonearm own silver mines. All of these entities must buy their silver wire from some company that makes wire. It’s all very unglamorous. For all we know they all get their wire from the same original source. And Kondo’s claim about maturing the wire seems equally specious to me. All silver on earth is probably as old as the earth or very nearly so. The purity of the silver and how it’s wound or not wound, and how it’s insulated, all of those could possibly make a difference to sound quality. |
