Dear chakster, Dover explained the issue of ''damping'' in more technical and convincing way than Raul. The spring in the FR-64 which function as VTF adjuster as well as dynamic balance is loaded with grease providing this way also damping. Dertonarm who is an expert for all FR products advised me to use ''spring adjustment'' for 1,25 g and (manual) counterweight adjustment for the rest. He swear by FR-66 and FR-7 MC kinds. I deed try them all and ''swear'' by FR-7 fz. Unbelievable for such an ''old cart''. ''second to non in some sense''. |
@nandric thanks, i should get my FR-64FX with heavy counterweight next week, i already sold my Lustre GTS-801 to a friend locally. I like FR-7f cartridge and i want to use it on FR tonearm, at least i need to hear this combo. I also like my Fidelity Research PMC-3 cartridge on Sony PUA-7 tonearm with ZYX Headamp. So i'm a believer in Ikeda-San's products. @rauliruegas i know your thoughts on FR tonearms, but i prefer to try things in my system to make my own conclusions, the FR-64FX is not exactly the FR-64s. What i'm not gonna try is those super expensive cartridges like Allaerts and others in the same price range, sorry. |
