VTF Scale

I have a Shure VTF scale that works well. However, is there sopmething that is easier to use and NOT that much more expensive?

rwd07-02-2004 12:50pm

nghiep Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 79 posts 07-02-2004 at 03:29pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Check out this post on electronic VTF scale. These are more accurate and easier to use. http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1087227679&read&3&4&
rwd OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 695 posts 07-02-2004 at 08:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hi Nghiep...which one do you recommend using? The 120-Z??
armstrod Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 609 posts 07-02-2004 at 09:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I just got a 120-Z, and it works great. Highly recommended.
sberger Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 146 posts 07-04-2004 at 06:38am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete nghiep, you mentioned in the earlier thread that the 120 z isn't magnetic. how do you know that? im looking for a scale and would prefer to get a non magnetic if possible. thanks.
armstrod Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 609 posts 07-04-2004 at 03:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I tested mine with a thin steel strip, known to be magnetic, balancing it like a tonearm over the scale surface. I couldn't detect any magnetic attraction at all. The scale is basically a plastic platform sitting on a strain gauge - there's not much to it. For $20 and reading to .1 gram, it's amazing.