Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm

Another Viv protagonist here; it certainly appears that conventional thinking and experimentation was incomplete. One may apply the same to headshell, phono cartridge, phono amplifier. 

Imagine this, no offset, no anti skate, no rigid bearing, a pivoting headshell, i.e. Nasotec Swing, MM cartridge, no RIAA filter, no mechanical bonding of tonearm to spindle, must sound awful? 

Far from it. Very far, in fact. 

Rgds,

Paul

No RIAA correction?

Dear @richardkrebs : For me the main issue it’s not if we can see that the cantilever move to the rigth side ( the tonearm ASmechanism helps a little gainst that " rigth side " magnitude. ) the main issue for me is if the stylus tip is in the grooves angle tha Löfgreen alignments measured all over the grooved LP surface:

Next link we can appreciate what happens down there during play proccess:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYE67fVny4c

against the stylus tip grooves ridding friction developed huge forces the skating seems to me can't change the measured tracking angle all over the LP surface .

R.

That's why too cartridge compliance and frequency ( cartridge/tonearm )  resonance are so critical an important in the grooves tracking issues.

R.

And please don't forget too how good or not the tonearm is self  damped by design.