Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm

1st

The ViV performs in the best possible way with all cartridges we tried out.

And the best means the best.

We tried everything 

light MMs, heavy MIs, light MCs, SPUs, all kind of DS Audio

all cartridges worked better in this arm than in all "normal" contenders

 

2nd

Forget about the "angle distortion". Of course we were eager to find any

negative points with this arm. Especially in the first and last grooves we

"wanted" to hear any distortions.... but nothing, really nothing!

 

3rd

The arm uses no anti skating. There is a small bit of skating force, but this

is way smaller than in conventional tonearms. When you put the cartridge

down on a non grooved vinyl the arm moves SLOWLY to the middle. Even if

you do this to the non existent outer or inner "grooves". Do this with a

conventional arm and it will dangerously speed up.

 

4th

We compared the ViV 9" with a huge variety of conventional tonearms from

Ortofon to DaVinci, from Shindo to Ikeda. There was not one arm better than

the ViV with only even one cartridge.

 

After all these tests I sold my conventional arms of my main turntable and

now I happily live with two Rigid Floats and can only smile on discussions

like this.

:-)

The "bearing" of the ViV is not a "floating" one in the typical sense.

 

The magnetic oil film helps to prevent any bouncing from the needle to start

resonances but as you know that oil is not compressible there is no floating

at all.

 

The most fascinating fact of the ViV is that it teases out the very best of EVERY

cartridge me and my friends mounted on it. No matter of weight and compliance.

 

But for sure the people here which never had an hand on this great tonearme

are bashing it because it not pays attention to "regulations and facts" and for them

 

...  the earth is still flat! ;-)