Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm

@dogberry   : 

 " Likely you cannot either,..."

That issue has no priority inside my MUSIC sound reproduction ( I mean that that comparison because TAE is inside the priority due to its direct relationship during cartridge groove modulations rides. ), so sincerely I don’t really care to much about that question but  for all what I posted the answer is obvious. 

Which your answer/opinion to your question. Maybe obvious too: " None of us can have an opinion ..."

" in which case please avoid insulting me. "

I did not insult you, I only posted a different main targets that just  are different from yours.

R.

Dear @lewm  : "  main goal was lowest possible friction. Hence the pivot floating on an oil bath. "

So,what you are experienced with is that the arm wand is " truly free " to make sudden horizontal/vertical movements with even lower true unipivot friction and with out the unipivot side effects?  That is that the tonearm hast the fast controled response ( to any other tonearm you own or experienced.) to what the cartridge modulation rides ask for during playback?

In the other side that oil floating bearing with " no instability " works as whole tonearm damping other than the O rings and that kind of damping by my first hand experiences  Audiogon Discussion Forum  has the capacity and could " kills " almost any resonance/distortion developed by cartridge/tonearmTT that open sound presentation to a new/different " flavor " of what you are listening That " kills " resonances/distortions could means a clean and pristine sound color.

I don't know if the tonearm could permit it but should be interesting to mount the cartridge with Löfgren A/B or nearer to it and listen it.

Using damping in the " right "/adequated way can makes " magic " especially in this tonearm/cartridge application. Resonances/distortions are the enemy to beat it and damping is one way in tha direction.

R.

R.

My suggestion for the intention to be using a underhung Geometry in comparison to a usual geometry, for a same Tonearm > TT> Cart', has been to also see if a prompt could be made to learn if this can be achieved using the 'Viv'.

I'll keep looking in to see how the trialling with the 'Viv' evolves.  

Overhang geometry requires a headshell offset angle, else you get very extreme TAE and no null point anywhere.

@lewm  : Do you tested the tonearm with out O rings ?

So, for your last post means that there is no way to turn the cartridge in the tonearm headshell. Sometimes and depending of the headshell the cartridge can turn just a little but permits it but not with the VIV.

R.