The Palladian-A step beyond

Dear @lewm : Stop to laugh because as always I only try to help, not vitriolo even if it looks as that.

Everything in audio/music is about any kind of distortions levels. The main difference between your home audio system and any other gentleman’s system is the distortion levels on each audio system.
Those kind of distortions levels can or not reflect the owner music/sound priorities and I said that " can or not " because you can or not really aware of all those kind of distortions and this depends on your audio self life training to detect all those kind of distortions levels or only a few.

That is precisely what could be happens in your next statement you posted:

""" Evidently, you had a different experience. This could be due to a difference in cartridge or headshell or in the construction of the tonearm mount. """

It has nothing to do with what you think but with what I posted here.

@bluewolf can’t understand how I can give an opinion on other gentleman’s systems that I never heard it and this is because he has not ( yet ) the precise training/experiences to know it but I can know that his system as the thread OP and what they posted reflect those high distortions levels that they are not yet aware of.

To learn we must be not only open to do it but try not stay sticky of what we own or what we learned through audio life.

Changes are not an easy way/path to follow but a must to grow up. We need to change to learn. Changes means not only about audio items but more important each one attitude.

Here in my country people say: "" the worst deaf/blind man is the one that does not want to ear/see. ""


Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Apparently, one not only has to see, but to see only with your eyes.

deaf or blind...  hear or see.

Halcro, did you try the Palladian in another arm? Dirk Sommer who wrote the HIFI Statement review used a Thales Simplicity and an Acoustical Systems Aquilar on a Brinkman LaGrange. He said the cart is his analog discovery of the year.

Quite a statement Fleib...
It seems he was more struck with the Aquilar/Palladian combo that the Simplicity.
Is that how you read the review?

Dietrich was elaborating on the important elements of tonearm design because resonance is but a small factor....
He says the key to tonearm design is the ability to accelerate and optimise energy transfer without getting into self-( by the tracking process...) stimulated resonances in the audible frequency band.
That's why it is about a WORKING spring-mass system and about using materials with superior propagation speed.Thats why it is about using bearings with ultra-low STARTING friction and as hard coupled bearings as possible.
So far I've only tried the Palladian in the FR-66s tonearm..
Seems a perfect match...😎