Oh yes, I gotta try the weights. I would highly appreciate a set of yours, as then I can be sure I am trying exactly what you are using.
My statements regarding cantilever flex are exactly as you say. It is not actually the cantilever that is flexing, but the suspension. That can get confusing. I dont know or remember what that peice is called that the cantilever is attached to, that peice of wire, but anyway, I am observing the movement at the center more or less as you desribe.
The warp/wow that I am refering to is not nessessarily something that I would expect to tame, but the way I understand it, all combonations of arm mass and complience have or produce a resonent frequency, a frequency that is the natural frequency that will cause them to vibrate in sympathy. That is why usually the goal is to set that between the lowest frequency produced by the record, (or for clarification, the music or noise pressed into the record) and above the frequency of the warp/wow.
If the resonent frequency is in a place that is likely to get "exited" then that may have a tendancy to mask or alter the information we want.
I'm not sure if this is conventional, but I am trying to define that there is a difference in the speed of the cantilever movement and the amount of movement altogether.
I'll try to dig up some references so I can be more accurate in my descriptions and definitions, and also you can see what you think if I can find them and get some to you. I also seem to remember the SME use to have a damping trough available, so I'll have to see if any are available. The KAB site I checked out, and the damping trough seemed as though it would require quite a bit of modification for use on a rega, and zaikesman, if you are reading this, it will be very interesting to hear what this does for you.
I also think it would be interesting for us to try and measure these things. If anyone has any info on what is required, I would be extremely interested.
My statements regarding cantilever flex are exactly as you say. It is not actually the cantilever that is flexing, but the suspension. That can get confusing. I dont know or remember what that peice is called that the cantilever is attached to, that peice of wire, but anyway, I am observing the movement at the center more or less as you desribe.
The warp/wow that I am refering to is not nessessarily something that I would expect to tame, but the way I understand it, all combonations of arm mass and complience have or produce a resonent frequency, a frequency that is the natural frequency that will cause them to vibrate in sympathy. That is why usually the goal is to set that between the lowest frequency produced by the record, (or for clarification, the music or noise pressed into the record) and above the frequency of the warp/wow.
If the resonent frequency is in a place that is likely to get "exited" then that may have a tendancy to mask or alter the information we want.
I'm not sure if this is conventional, but I am trying to define that there is a difference in the speed of the cantilever movement and the amount of movement altogether.
I'll try to dig up some references so I can be more accurate in my descriptions and definitions, and also you can see what you think if I can find them and get some to you. I also seem to remember the SME use to have a damping trough available, so I'll have to see if any are available. The KAB site I checked out, and the damping trough seemed as though it would require quite a bit of modification for use on a rega, and zaikesman, if you are reading this, it will be very interesting to hear what this does for you.
I also think it would be interesting for us to try and measure these things. If anyone has any info on what is required, I would be extremely interested.