Axel, the "failure to communicate" line is actually from CoolHand Luke. I think you might be looking for... Hartmann: I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your Senior Drill Instructor. From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be "Sir!" Do you maggots understand that?
Recruits: [in unison] Sir, yes, sir!
Hartmann: Bulls&!t! I can't hear you. Sound off like you got a pair!
Recruits: [louder] Sir, yes, sir!
Hartmann: If you ladies leave my island, if you survive recruit training... you will be a weapon, you will be a minister of death, praying for war. But until that day you are pukes! You're the lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even human f#@&ing beings! You are nothing but unorganized grabasstic pieces of amphibian s&!t! Because I am hard, you will not like me. But the more you hate me, the more you will learn. I am hard, but I am fair! |
Hi T_bone,
gee, my man. Go got that so right, like you'd been doing this for a living! Sir, yes Sir!
Now this 'Hartmann' (Brakemeier?) dude also addressing them "human f#@&ing beings" from high-up his Olympus mountain - elevated demigod of... FR? (F#@&ing Recrutes)
I think you got the drift.
So long it doesn't get boring around here.
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Hi Axel, ..... entertaining........ everything off topic, but still entertaining. |
In its day the FR arms were OK, but they have long been surpassed in terms of State of the Art. These days the better arms will be seen to have their bearings in the same plane as the LP, which helps the arm maintain steady tracking forces when playing through warps and playing bass. The best arms I have seen also have treated arm tubes to eliminate resonance in the arm tube. One of the better examples of this approach is the Triplanar.
So far air bearings in arms and tables have proven to be a failed concept- any play that exists between the platter surface and the cartridge cantilever will be a coloration (often a lack of bass, but can manifest in many other ways as well). This is why the more air pressure you put into an air bearing, the better the system sounds. The problem is you can never have enough air pressure and why an air bearing might be 'good' but never state of the art. |
