You are absolutely correct - the Houdini attempts to fix a problem by adding another. You can't measure the groove unless the cartridge is mounted rigidly. It's a bandaid. However when I owned an audio shop I found that many audiophiles like a mushy homogenous sound - not too challenging - its driven by needs other than audio ( high fidelity ).
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Bear in mind I have Zero Interest in this Tonearm, I do not aspire to going down this route to achieve the design or manufacture procedures used for this product. Following sharing the Link to the SAT CF 109, only with the intention of showing the attached price tag. I have received the following from an individual who I trust, and has claimed to have had a direct communication with Leif Johannson and quoted something that is in line with a conversation that took place quite recently. Leif Johannson, chief developer at Ortofon, also uses a SAT tonearm when developing his top systems. In Munich he told me that with the SAT he would hear the "faults" of the cartridges and not the tonearm, which is very important for the development and tuning of his cartridges.
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while counting angels on heads of pins has it’s advantages, musical expression is a bit more complicated than that. nothing wrong with being a great tool for investigation, but does it satisfy? not saying it does not, although i get mixed feedback on that part. not lived with it myself, so i cannot say.
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Oh yes, there are a few users here who fit your description, @dover. Oddly, those users seem to seek recognition as experts or gurus and they can become quite combative if questioned. One thing I learned long ago on my high end journey: You can’t be certain how something sounds - for better or worse - by merely reading a spec sheet or looking at a photo. Our hobby isn’t that simple. |
To comment on the observable design and construction of a tonearm without necessarily speculating on its putative sonic character is no sin. If it is, we cannot have a conversation, since there are very few products, let alone tonearms we’ve all heard. And even in the case where we do share listening experience, we are separated by having done the listening in dissimilar systems . I only object to quips that are based on very high cost. Anyway the Funk gizmo has naught to do with a $55K tonearm. |
