Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm


I am trying to do my due diligence about this arm. I am just having a hard time getting my head around this idea of zero overhang and no offset. Does this arm really work the way it is reported to do?

neonknight

This is using the tonearm where the pivot bearings are offset to match headshell offset?  Or if not, what tonearm? I'd be willing to lend you my RS Labs RS-A1, if you're interested.

Yes, the bearings are aligned with an offset headshell, and all I have done is mounted the cartridge in the headshell to nullify the offset, and placed the arm such that the stylus aligns with the ViVLabs protractor.

Thanks for the offer, but if I can't make this set-up sound good I'll just go back to what I normally use (and which, TBH, I am content with).

Where did you get the Viv protractor? I wonder whether they’re all the same or different for different lengths.

They have to be all the same, with longer arms just sitting further away. I downloaded the manual from the US importer and printed out the protractor>

https://www.sierrasound.net/s/RigidFloat-tonearm-manual.pdf