Cartridge suggestions for SME Turntable
Thank you cleeds for the interpretation. I mean that sincerely as Raul had me a bit lost. I have used a Schroder CB and have the chance to play with it a little. Fabulous arm. My assessment of the SAT arm is based on the observation of it's design. If you look at a picture you will notice that the vertical bearing is high above the record surface and that you can not draw a line from the center of the balance weight through the bearing through the center of mass of the cartridge. The cartridge extends significantly below this line. This is a static balance arm. Because of these 2 traits the SAT arm can not track a warped record as well as the CB. If your records are not warped it does not matter. As far as the sonic performance of these arms? Do you really think that the SAT arm sounds $25,000 better? A tonearm should have no sound of it's own. Certainly the Schroder is going to sound better on a warped record. Less warp wow and cantilever deflection. On a flat record I would bet no one could tell the difference. |
mijostyn My assessment of the SAT arm is based on the observation of it’s design. If you look at a picture you will notice ...It’s very difficult to assess the performance of an an audio component from a picture or spec sheet alone, @mijostyn. That’s especially true with pickup arms, imo, because the precision of its execution is so important. ... the vertical bearing is high above the record surface and that you can not draw a line from the center of the balance weight through the bearing through the center of mass of the cartridge. The cartridge extends significantly below this line.I agree that is not ideal geometry. This is a static balance arm. Because of these 2 traits the SAT arm can not track a warped record as well as the CB.That’s really speculation. You may be correct, but it’s speculation just the same. The geometry of a pickup arm is very important, but there is so-oooo much more to it than that. For example, consider an underhung arm such as a Viv Lab RigidFloat, which achieves tangency at only one null point. On paper, it looks like a prescription for high tracking error and distortion. But in practice, users say it sounds great. |
Update.....after listening to Hana - ML MC for 3 weeks, I have decided to bring in recently announced Hana - Umami Red (Low Output) MC. The Umami Red shares some of the critical design elements of Etsuro Urushi Gold ($21K). I hope to use Umami as my reference to compare with following carts lined up for audition over the course of next couple of months, van den Hul Crimson Stradivarius Charisma Signature One Miyajima Destiny EAT Jo No. 8 Benz LP-S |
