@tyray I fail to see the relevance of the question in your last post?Hey daveyf,
What a snarky post. I try real hard to always have a civil conversation here and somehow I think you feel as if you think you are better or somehow more knowledgeable than some others here on this thread.
The cutting tool that is mounted on the end of the arm on a cutting lathe at the time of the lacquer mastering is not a cartridge/stylus.
This statement is complete and utter bullsh*t. There’re many types of styli used in a lathe cutter head. There also are drive coils which act in a similar fashion as a cartridge.
But if you are asking if that cutter is more important than the arm to which it is attached to, i would say again.. no.No stylus, no drive coils, no cutting head, no master, no commercial record period.
Firstly, it is rookie and not roockie.
This is where you’ve pissed me off the most. You taking issue with Rauls impeccable english writing skills. Your subliminal bigotry is not wanted, welcome nor needed here.
This is the second time on this thread that someone has mistakenly made comments about Raul’s english writing skills on this thread. Raul does not and I repeat does not use a translation tool to communicate here. If he did those of us who know, that a internet translation tool really screws up the translation. What you see is actually Raul’s very good grasp of american styled english. I would not doubt if Raul not only speaks english, but french, portuguese and italian also. It’s a damn pity the most americans only speak one language, even though we supposedly have the best schools. Go figure.
my Blackbird has built in micrometer to adjust VTA, easy, precise, wonderful,
but, the cartridge is fixed directly to the long carbon arm. Azimuth adjustment by rotating the carbon tube a speck in it’s snug rear housing, tighten with set screw.
The SOB’s put the set screw on the bottom, what misery to get it right, the worst design feature. As azimuth is critically important, many a curse was issued, I should learn Russian to curse in their language.
elliottbnewcombjr
Thanks Elliot, I think the differences between a detachable headshell w/ tonearm and one piece tonearms are are good to know.