The Links are more than adequate to experience the Sat TA.
Many buy blind without such prior investigation, maybe just the sales brochure spiel, is the supplied info to seal the deal.
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
I’m relatively new to the world of vinyl, listening seriously for probably only 2 years. Of course, many big picture items (e.g. turntable, phono stage, cartridges) are discussed extensively on this forum, but I haven’t seen much discussion comparing different tonearms. I would be interested to hear about different people’s experiences with different tonearms, mentioning the audible advantages and disadvantages of each tonearm, realizing that there is no perfect sound, although from what I read about others’ experiences, SAT tonearms may come closest, albeit at a very high price.
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@lewm you completely discounted my second paragraph. I have not opened the links, why would I, I might as well warch Panganini videos on the autobahn as well, Neither is wanted as part of my life. |
@pindac Yup you missed something. I have repeatedly said that a good tonearm should not alter the sound in any way. Now, if you were going from a bad arm to a good one there may be an obvious change in the sound from colored with distortion to neutral with less distortion. All great arms sound the same although depending on effective mass might alter the bass a little depending on the cartridge compliance. There is one challenge left in tonearm design that might move state of the art a little and that is a linear tracker that maintains all the necessary parameters of tonearm performance and moves the arm across the record. noiselessly and accurately. All the arms that have tried to do this like the Rabco did not have the right technology available to them. That tech is available now and I am trying to get the right people interested. |
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