It is not how fast you go, but how you go fast. With only so much money to spend and only so much real estate in my media room I prefer to head down the path of least resistance. Negating skating forces is a noble cause. Minimizing tracking error is also a noble cause. I would prefer a solution that does both. Until I can manage that leap I prefer to stay where I am. The VIV arm may sound fine but it is not the solution I am looking for. |
Mijo, with great respect, all I’m asking for is a thoughtful cessation of knee jerk negative reactions to the very idea of an underhung tonearm with zero offset. Your point about cost is interesting; you’d rather not spend on an underhung tonearm so as to save your money to buy a different type of tonearm that costs 2-3X more. Just spent 2 afternoons at CAF and didn’t see the Schroeder or Reed tangential arms on demo, but did see a TruGlider with Nasotec headshell sporting an optical DS Audio cartridge. That setup makes the Viv look old school. |
Mijo, I have to apologize. Of course you have every right to choose where to spend your bucks and to reject one innovative approach in favor of another. As you know, I waited to buy the Viv Float until we were in Tokyo, and at a time when the yen to dollar exchange rate is at an all time high favoring the dollar, which saved me quite a bit on cost. I am kind of a high end cheapskate. |
@lewm , my backordered JN-P500 styli have now shipped. |
Dear @lewm : First I don't need another tonearm, second I don't need it to own the VIV to have some kind of explanation(s). Your " I like it " along all the other owners is not really an issue but your observations as the other owners about just told me ( common sense ) that levels over 10% of THD in a room system has not really a discernible " problem ". As a fact speakers several times goes higher than 10% and in the vintage years tube electronics were just " there " and everybody happy.
All those just told me too that we are not measuring the rigth paRAMETERS FOR THE TONEARM HIGH CARTRIDGE ERROR DISTORTION LEVELS.
We are accustomed for the inherent way high " natural " tracking distortion that we can't avoid and we " like it " so another kind of tracking distortion is welcomed for you and the other owners and I'm still posting here looking for your explanations because was you who posted here about. @mijostyn , no matters what the tonearm design ( no matters which kind of design. ) that tonearm can't makes to avoid the inherent tracking distortion in the analog playback media. Not only you but I'm sure no one really can tell in very precise way a tonearm with 0° tracking error against other tonearm with 1.3° tracking error. NO ONE ( everything the same ).
R. |
