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High end turntables Why? 2 tonearms

Hello denziens of the analog lounge,

After looking at many high end statment turntables such as the antique Thorens reference to the latest word from Teres in direct drive the Certus 460. I am intrigued by this option. It reminds me of a cutting lathe more then a TT.

Would not the extra arm affect the reproduced nuances of the musical sound as much or more even then say a brass tone arm holder vs aluminum vs stainless steel vs wood to infinity and beyond?

Is this a way to have two approaches available when listening say to acoustic recordings and then a different point of view for classical or jazz with the other arm on the same platform ?

Would one have say two identical arms with different pickups or even two different arms with two different pickups.

Is there an advantage to two arms over two turntables other then the size of the foot print?

Your opinions would be appreciated. I am about to upgrade from my old but once state of the art JVC QL Y66F which while protecting my vinylhas always been "not as good" as the AR it replaced in 85. I love the Michell TT's as well as the Teres. I am not thinking about two tone arms, one Schroder will have to do.

This is just a way of introducing myself to the ladies and gentlemen of the forum.

yours truly
Joseph

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dewald_visser
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Joseph,

Sometimes different cartridges works well with different LP's - depends on how the stylus rides the groove...
Two arms or even three makes the playback of different records much easier and better.

I designed my turntable to accomodate up to three arms with relative ease.

Regards,
Dewald Visser
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groovey OP
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Thanks Dewald,

What kind of table do you have and then which arms and why.

Does it not effect the playback having all the other arms on board. Are the arms hot or cold, plugged in or loose?

Groovey
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jmcgrogan2
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I am a single arm/single 'table guy, mostly due to finances.
I'd love to play with a 'table that had multiple arm options.
I visited an audiophile once who had a 4 armed Micro Seiki table. He had 4 different arms, with 4 different cartridges and 4 different phono preamps hooked up to the one 'table. He had all 4 arm pods machined so that the weight of each pod/arm/cartridge combination was within one gram, to balance the table. Talk about fanatical!

He claimed that he preferred using different arm/cart/phono stages when listening to different types of music. One was for rock, one for jazz, one for classical, etc.

John
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groovey OP
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John,

That sounds like a true case of Quadrophenia.

It is whether this has any sonic down side ie like having so many wires and four pre amps so close to one another-- even when they are off they are in a ready state I Think ?

Can this type of configeration (let's stick with a double set up)involve the risk of creating a leak of magnetic field resonance

Groovey

Listening to :

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bbenn
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A lot of people use the second tonearm for a mono cartridge, that way they can enjoy both stereo and mono recordings at their best
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