Correct alignment for Fidelity Research 64fx/SPU?

Dear @edgewear : "  I know you hate the FR64.."

maybe my several posts about through the time give that  conclusion but the FR main subject I don't recomended it ( even that I own it. ) is that it's a non-damped tonearm design.

The tonearm looks really fine but any tonearm needs to " fullfil " the cartridge needs and one critical need on a cartridge is precesily to damp so many kind of resonances/distortions developed in between the LP/cartridge/tonearm.
I know that the FR as SAEC tonearms likes to almost all people because one characteristic is that is so alive as the live MUSIC.

The kind of nice distortuions developed through FR/SAEC tonearms are just that: nice distortions and I prefer more clear MUSIC information with lower " nice distortions ".

This FR/SAEC tonearms example is in some ways similar on why we like more analog than digital or tubes over SS electronics.

So, everything belongs on what be our room/system main targets and mine is try to stay truer to the recording and one path that puts me near to that target is try to leave all kind of distortions generated by the room/system at minimum elsewhere the room/system and a well damped tonearm designs helps a lot to achieve that target.

R.

@rauliruegas we agree to disagree, no problem. In my system using the same turntable and the same cartridges I can compare the FR-64S directly to the Audiocraft AC-4400. As you well know this is a tonearm with variable damping. There's no doubt these tonearms have different characteristics, also taking into account the difference in effective length. But even in direct comparison I don't hear the kind of distortions that you attribute to the FR-64S.

Here is more information about FR tonearm on another forum, the last version was 64FX with damped armtube, then 66fx. Someone posted catalogs, download them if you don't have it.  

@chakster I also own the 64fx (with silver wire inside) and I've made some thorough comparisons between them. I like them both, but ultimately I prefer the 64S (also silver rewired). Especially with heavy low compliance cartridges like FR7 and SPU. 

@edgewear : I own both tonearms too and cartridges performs different mounted on each of these tonearms and different because both designs are different and not only in the EL characteristics but the kind iof pivot design: fixed vs unipivot.

It's not easy that two persons can be in agreement in this subject damped vs non-damped tonearms when the premises of those persons are different ( with different room/systems too. ) and obviously full of subjectivity.
Btw, from some time now I'm not with unipivot any more even that I still own unipivots designs.

Anyway, i understand your points.

R.