Cartridge Loading for a phono pre amp

Raul's handwaving aside, I agree 100% with what JCarr has stated, quoted by Raul during his handwaving nonsense above.

Loading does not affect the bandwidth of the cartridge, nor is that something I stated. Raul is employing a strawman argument (a logical fallacy, by definition false) by attempting to put words in my mouth. 

If you ask JCarr directly, he will agree to the fact that loading the cartridge at a lower resistance will stiffen the cartridge cantilever (something quite different from changing bandwidth...). He and I met and spoke about this topic at a Munich audio show 6 years ago; he looked me up at our room, this was after an active thread on cartridge loading on the What's Best forum. 

What I have maintained is that the additional stiffness may decrease the ability of the cartridge to trace high frequencies, not that it would reduce the bandwidth of the cartridge!

If loading had no effect on the cantilever stiffness, then free energy would be the result. At least so far, free energy has not been recognized by the world at large- it remains the stuff of conspiracy theories. It would be quite odd that phono cartridges would somehow be exempt from the laws of physics 😂 Put another way you can safely ignore Raul's rant.

@holmz  : Be straight and tell me what exactly you want to tell me with:

" a spell check on Raul I think. "

R.

Again: " To claim that the loading affects the measurable frequency response of the cartridge is bogus. "

He not named " bandwindht ".

You said: " less able to trace high frequencies. " any cartridge that's " less able " to trace HF change the frequencies where is less able to pick up the grooves information. But the issue is that you can't prove it with true facts/measures.

 You follow with your tale at Munich but in at least 3 different threads in different internet forums where you, JC and I participated about and where you posted your same " tale " he never confirmed that agree in that " less able to track HF ".

With out facts and confirmation for me all that is a lie and false as Wayne proved.

R.

You follow with your tale at Munich but in at least 3 different threads in different internet forums where you, JC and I participated about and where you posted your same " tale " he never confirmed that agree in that " less able to track HF ".

You were not in Munich, plain and simple.

JCarr did not address the topic of high frequency traceability one way or the other. I recommend you set up an LP mastering lathe as I have and you can sort all this out easily enough.

If you are saying that by making the cantilever stiffer that its ability to trace a smaller and smaller waveform in the groove, requiring the stylus to move faster and faster against that increased stiffness, and somehow its ability to move that fast is unaffected, be my guest. But on a very basic level, the idea has no merit.

In this context, is there any relationship between cartridge bandwidth and cantilever stiffness? It seems that as the load-induced stiffening increases, the more reduced the bandwidth becomes.