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Curved and Straight Tonearms

Over the last 40 years I have owned 3 turntables. An entry level Dual from the '70's, a Denon DP-52F (which I still use in my office system) and a Rega P3-24 which I currently use in my main system. All of these turntables have had straight tonearms. I am planning on upgrading my Rega in the near future. Having started my research, I have noticed that some well reviewed turntables have curved 'arms. My question: What are the advantages/disadvantages of each, sonic or otherwise? Thanks for any input. 
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rauliruegas
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Dear @larryi : Agree with you.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.
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m-db
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If the azimuth cannot be fixed by the limited headshell adjustment, you really need to return the cart you bought, you have a cartridge problem not a tonearm problem.  

The headshell provides more than enough adjustment. Unfortunately the difficulty and time it takes to merely come close to the accuracy of the Well Tempered tonearm as determined by the Fozgometer is laughable.

On the other hand if one doesn't notice the difference in azimuth then close is good enough.  
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g_nakamoto
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anybody remember the "gerrard zero 100"  turntable?
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nandric
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Hi larryi, I think we won the dispute on musical ground (my

Wagner story) and technical ground (your technical story).

rauliruegas
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Dear @g_nakamoto: Who can't remember it? when The Zero ( for zero tracking error. ) was and still is a TT design with a truly extremely special pivoted tonearm with " zero " tracking error that when designed in the 70's was " thousands " of years a head on pivoted tonearm designs even for today top designs.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.
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