Great bass from a linear tracking arm?

I agree that setup is absolutely crucial for BOTH types of arm and pivoted can sound excellent. No disrespect towards your opinion and of course best wishes in your quest to create the ultimate. I always appreciate those who attempt to further the hobby by going out on a limb!

Cheers

Dear Sirspeedy: I believe you. This is my first time on the tonearm challenge.

Let me start with the pivoted one: and more important let me to have the finished item and that works like we want it. If we obtain our whole targets maybe ( through the time ) we could take the challenge on a linear tracking tonearm design: only God can say something about.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

I am excited to see what Raul comes up with as well! In the meantime, has anyone seen/heard the Thales tonearm? It's a pivoted arm that keeps the stylus tangential to the groove by rotating the cartridge during play. Pretty cool design, but I've heard next to nothing about it so far.
Thales tonearm

My tone arm project uses servo controlled captured linear tracking wand, with a laser to adjust the arm for warping and off center pressings, driving the cartridge perfectly though the grooves. eliminating much of the variablility in different pressings. The laser will also detect exact VTA setting for each LP and make real time adjustments should they deviate more than the allowable 1/10 of a degree.

The servo's can be set for the three common High performance stylus tips and any cartridge tracking force. An algorithm "evaluates" the laser gathered information from the LP to assure that the cartridge only sees tracking forces +/- 1/1000th of a gram and detects and corrects mistracking momentum predicted by the cartridges known mass and center of gravity.

My system does not rely on gravity other than to keep the turntable on the stand, this system could theorhetically with a few provisions in the software could play lp's upside down.

Dear Matt: I don't know if I mentioned when I was at your place but before the tonearm " see the commercial light " we want to share with all of you our Essential amplifier design, at least this is what we are planning.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.