Tonearm ...... Acos Lustre GST-801 ..... Yea/Nay

Your right,

This morning I ordered a Jico Shibata for my Shure V15VxMR to get it going again. I've been mad at it due to the brittleness of the stylus I broke years ago. This one is boron, caution will be exercised.

As a test I cleaned a really dirty noisy record last evening, waited till properly dry, it was surprisingly noise free with the AT440ml, I just need to play something in good shape while a really dirty one is drying. 

So I will have those two: Shure shibata with brush, AT microline no brush. Both track 1.25g

Now: UA-7082 arm that is coming: keep Z1S, put a shibata in it, or, new victor cartridge with new shibata?

One of my test records has all the resonance test bands.

Dear @elliotbnewcombjr : You need to make your job because you posted two threads and in one of them ( before in this ) you asked for tonearm effective mass and I gave you the links about and seems to me that you did not read it, go figure ! ! If you don't read your threads posts you are losting valuable information and that's why you are asking here for the second time:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/cartridge-compliance-try-what-in-my-jvc-ua-7082-arm/post?postid=1852753#1852753

R.

rauliruegas

I did see and read your post, (and everyone's) thanks. You have been quite helpful as have others.  I clicked both links, they didn't go directly to something, I hopped around, searched, didn't work out.

This project grew and grew: from 1 longer arm, (presumably use existing cartridges), to big TT, dual arms, then, use one arm for Mono, rearrange the whole system, add new stable legs to the equipment rack, order a tempered glass shelf.

Then do a better job cleaning my dirty lps, add a safety lift, get a new stylus for my Shure cartridge, resurrect my AT440ml, probable stylus/cartridge change on the 7082 when it gets here (TT shipped today from Canada).

this is complicated stuff, there are 3 threads

1. 12" arm???

that thread got me to the large Plinth JVC and to two arms.

2. Compliance/Cartridge for new specific Long Arm JVC 7082? which I bought, and 7045? (which I presumed I would buy).

Along the way I learned the 7082 is kind of heavy for my existing cartridges, so I looked for a lighter arm, found the Acos.

I further learned there is a lot to learn.

3. Acos Lustre GST-801 Arm? Separate thread because people who know about it may not be involved with thread 1 or 2.

Thanks specifically to you finding the one I bought, I got a better, more complete arm and better price.
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And, mixed in, which new MONO cartridge? use existing cartridges? new stylus for existing, new stylus for included JVC Z1S?

I am still a novice about compliance and resonance, and 

I found a chart about 7 million arms, the mass of my 2 arms is not listed.

Holidays almost over, my research has been sporadic, people who own these arms know more, so I just got lazy and waited.
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to recap, here's what I was confidently able to order after help in the 3 threads:

a. New to me Dual Arm Heavy Plinth JVC TT81 including long arm 7082 with Z1S cartridge, with Din Cable, with power transformer

b. New to me 9" GST-801 arm all parts present, din cable included

c. New Stylus for Shure V15VxMR body (learned about JICO here).

d. New Grado ME+ MONO Cartridge. Learned about 'real mono' here.

e. New full size alignment disc with info to locate any arm/align any cartridge, variations of null points.

f. New record bath with drying rack (drying easily was the missing link for me).

g. New tonearm safety raiser, didn't know they existed.

h. New digital tracking gauge, goodbye Shure See-Saw.

i. improved rack arrangement, new stability, new big glass shelf.
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Just waiting to make final decision on Cartridge/Stylus for 7082 arm.

being a bargain hunter, with help here, all that: $2,500.

Let's not forget, agreeably cancelling the TT from Japan, finding one in Canada, having seller repair counterweight arm portion which I learned about here.

I'm real glad I joined this forum.

Elliott

@elliotbnewcombbjr : Well,you need at least alittle of common sense.In the first link/this one:

https://audio-creative.nl/platenspeler/hoe-kies-passend-element-platenspeler/attachment/calculator-effective-tonearm-mass-2/


appears in the left up side a little " box/squaer " in blue color along a little tonearm picture. You need to make click on that box and there is the calculator.

Here in my country people say: " you want it " peeled " and in your mouth ". ! !



R.

You are a funny man, I learned that here

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