Atmasphere, its not a necessity but the two I own at the moment are single ended, one tubed one ss. Anything particular in mind?
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Pär, Just in case the posting rules might not allow him to say so, Atmasphere is the manufacturer of a tube-based fully-differential balanced phono stage embedded in his all-tube fully-differential balanced preamps (either the MP-1 or MP-3) found here. I am not aware of a separate phono stage product. |
Wow, I am learning a lot in this thread about the arms and cart behavior. I am still not clear on static and dynamic balanced arm concept. Can anyone explain what are the differences. I am an engineer so I know what static and dynamic is, but in tone arm context what exactly does this mean? Thanks, Nil |
Hi Nilthepill all the below is done with NO anti-skate force applied. "statically balanced" 1) arm is balanced so the stylus floats above the vinyl (say 150g, re thickness) just without touching it. 2) If scaled/graded counterweight, it is now zeroed, Vertical Tracking Force (VTF) is then applied by counterweight being moved forward according to scale and/or good VTF scale. "dynamically balanced" = 1) VTF down force loading spring (dial) is set to zero 2) arm is balanced by counter weight as above (static) 3) VTF is applied by down-force spring according to graded scale e.g. SME V, and/or confirmed by VTF measuring scale. Lastly, not mentioned so far "mixed dynamic and static" 1) halve the VFT is applied with counterweight (static) 2) rest of VTF is added by down-force spring (dynamic) "Dynamic balanced" is 'supposed' to involve less of the counterweight's inertia. It is 'supposed' to be more accurate when tracking up/down motions of the tone arm i.e. always applying the same force. "Static balanced" is preferred by some since no spring, which could lead to resonances, is involved. As to the counter weight's inertia: It is actually closer to the arm's pivot = less inertia i.e. smaller lever and for that reason once again preferred by some. All modern arms using dynamic VTF-loading-springs have them damped thoroughly, usually by lowest viscosity (very thick) silicone fluid (e.g. SME) Hope this helps, Axel |
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