Hi Nikola
not sure what you mean by perfect sound, but based on my experiences with my pivot arms.....
Tracking error is one problem. The bigger problem is Antiskating and the reason we need it.
Because the pivot arm even though it is tangent at those two points - still wants to shoot to the spindle, while the antiskating is pushing it back. There is a tug of war going on here, and its intensity varies based on the groove modulations. I sense "groove anxiety" by what I hear. 8^0
It's not until you hear your familiar music on a well set up Linear tracker that you realize this groove anxiety is even going on with the pivot arm. It is replaced by music that flows like water. More definition, soundstage (all those audiophile terms)
When you remove this distortion, and hear it on a familiar album, one becomes aware of it. Once aware of it ....you tend to focus on it. I am unfortunately anal that way. We have discussed this already before, and I used the analogy of buying a car whose front right tire is always low. That's what my pivot arms remind me of.
Just some thoughts, other owners of "any" Linear trackers are welcome to add their thoughts good or bad.
so
Does a dealer audio store, salon, retail outlet even exist today, anywhere in the world that has two setups that can demonstrate the above ? I don't frequent them anymore so don't know.
Cheers Chris
But why is nobody able
to hear the ''perfect sound'' without any distortion at those ''zero
points'' at which there is no ''tracking error'' and which provide the
strongest argument for this ET- 2 of yours?
not sure what you mean by perfect sound, but based on my experiences with my pivot arms.....
Tracking error is one problem. The bigger problem is Antiskating and the reason we need it.
Because the pivot arm even though it is tangent at those two points - still wants to shoot to the spindle, while the antiskating is pushing it back. There is a tug of war going on here, and its intensity varies based on the groove modulations. I sense "groove anxiety" by what I hear. 8^0
It's not until you hear your familiar music on a well set up Linear tracker that you realize this groove anxiety is even going on with the pivot arm. It is replaced by music that flows like water. More definition, soundstage (all those audiophile terms)
When you remove this distortion, and hear it on a familiar album, one becomes aware of it. Once aware of it ....you tend to focus on it. I am unfortunately anal that way. We have discussed this already before, and I used the analogy of buying a car whose front right tire is always low. That's what my pivot arms remind me of.
Just some thoughts, other owners of "any" Linear trackers are welcome to add their thoughts good or bad.
so
Does a dealer audio store, salon, retail outlet even exist today, anywhere in the world that has two setups that can demonstrate the above ? I don't frequent them anymore so don't know.
Cheers Chris