Linear tracking tonearms.....
Corby, I am interested in your comment that the TT2 needed a cartridge with a very low compliance. Unless the TT2 is a complete re-design by Clearaudio, my mental image of it is as an update of the old Souther design, which used the shortest possible arm wand, almost a headshell hooked directly to the linear track. That would have very low effective mass, so I wonder why low compliance is an advantage. Perhaps because the mechanism of the tonearm puts some stress on the cantilever, as the cartridge body moves laterally??? I guess I need to Google that tonearm. |
The current series of Clearaudio linear tonearms are NOT Souther design anymore. They are copied from the Opus3 Cantus tonearm using two rollers inside a glass tube so there's no need for bearings for the vertical movement. It's a simpler design than the Souther. The Clearaudio version seems to be higher mass than the original Cantus or maybe the ball bearings stick or dirty tube causing the lack of smoothness in horizontal movement. _______ |
