Just for the record, Larry, I did not use the word ”should” in reference to the desired location of the pivot and CW to the LP surface. I only said, or intended to say, that those are two theoretical goals of a modern design. I probably should have further qualified my statement with the words “for some”. I agree there are not many tonearms that achieve both goals. I think there is less controversy around the idea that the center of mass of the CW ought to lie in the plane of the LP surface. Decoupling of the CW mass from the pivot is good too. The late Herb Papier, the original designer and maker of the Triplanar and a very dedicated audiophile, told me that he thought the major improvement he made to the design of the TP after it was finalized and in production was to decouple the CW.
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@clearthinker wrote:
OK I started to think where did you get that info and how can you get to that conclusion that I should just "bin it"...
So according to you and your expertise (I regard you as a expert, when you're able to diagnose what my stylus does in the grove and giving advice to throw things in the bin when you know what is god or not.)
Because you reacted to one conclusion i did: "If you are getting extra bass from LPs" OK this is not my primary language and I can't paint a nice picture for you that you would like with words. I do not have that ability to describe nuance like that. As the journalists in the magazines below because it's their job to write a lot of fluffy words that I almost don't understand..
But let us go back to the topic the SAT cf1-09: Wrote:
And:
I guess you like that color full text above..
Another test: In stereophile
Another example:
(Above is apparently another SAT model in their range but the objective is to see if a better tonearms may or may not give better/more bass.)
So in your expertise if anyone happened to own this tone arm in question: SAT cf1-09 Owners of SAT cf1-09 should "bin it" in your logic. When it apparently have the ability to "getting extra bass". It is good to know that we have a humble expert here that we can lean on without owning and living with a houdini or SAT cf1-09 I presume. |
So if a neutral balance arm gets raised by a record warp it never comes down. Oh, wait, it has a 10 gram cartridge on the end. And 1-2gm tracking force. There's no such thing as neutral balance, they all come down.
How often do you play warped records ? I thought you had a vacuum Sota - does it not work on warped records ? I have no problem tracking warped records on any of my arms, including the Naim Aro with its low slung counterweight. |
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