Fidelity Research FR-64 vs. FR-54

Dear Lew, whatever the context we have our own preferences. J.

Carr mentioned in the same post that Ikeda 345 is his best arm.

Even Ikeda and his mechanics agreed that the 345 is their best.

I own the 345 but prefer my FR-64 S.

Dear chakster, You should write to my brother Don and ask

where his Lustre is rewired. He got my Lustre 801 as present but

the (silver) wire was broken in one of the channels. He is very happy

with the result and prefer the Lustre above his Graham 2 (?) for

the MC carts. I would not recommend rewire by FR-64. There are

two kinds of the FR-64 S; one with silver wire the other with copper

wire. I own both but can hardly hear any difference. Thekong

mentioned Schick's article and pictures of the dissasembled FR-64.

There you can see how complex this job is. Dertonarm rewired  

FR-64/66 for his fiends with Ikeda silver wire but he is an  FR

specialist .  If one is not satisfy with the wire he owns he can better

sell his sample and buy the other with the other wire.

The German HIFI Magazine ''Das Ohr'' (the ear) was the only one

by which two reviewers commented on the same component.

The FR-64 S was reviewed in April 1984. BTW ''our Dertonarm''

was back then one of the (music) reviewers while his best friend

Renner established this Magazine. The arm got very positive

valuation but with two remarks. The first was the recommendation

to use Bearwald instead of Stevenson and consisted in increas

of the spindle-pivot distance with 1,5 mm (aka eff.lenght of

246mm). The other was a ''small resonace'' at ''higher mid-range''.

The ''higher mid range'' was, alas , not (more) exact specify.

 So what we the FR-64 S owners need is an ''technical guy'' who

 can specify the place and lenght of this ''damping foil'' which

dcbingaman mentioned.

Dear chakster, Some try to explain the ''magnetic failure'' by

weakening of the magnets. In particular the lack of the VTF

precision. However Raul recommends the usual VTF adjustment

with counter weights. As a ''bonus'' this way the weight(s) get

nearer to the pivot. For the anti-skate this ''magnets weakening''

does not matter because one is assumed to do without or to

adjust by ear. But I am not sure if and how dynamic balance works.

Hi Ibelchev, Sorry I overlooked your post. I asked Yip to make

my Mint tractor according to Bearwald with 246 mm eff. lenght.

If I remember well Dertonarm also adjusted his FR-64 s with

the same distance as recommended in the mentioned Magazine.

I am not familiar with Feickert Protractor so I can't comment on

this one.

Dear Lew, ''...you are not entitled to create your own set of

facts''. ''Facts'' is the other expression for true statements.

Our reasoning consist of some implicite or explicite assumptions

(aka ''premisses'') which are believed to be true and deduction from

the premisses. That is why self-deception is the most common kind

of deception.

Dear Dover, ''different opinions'' does not mean ''different thinking''

because we all think in the same way: from our premises to our

conclusions or deductions. The difference then means ''different

premises'' which are believed to be true . But ''believing '' has noting

to do with the truth. Something is true or false independent from our

psychology. .As is clear by your dispute with Raul you both have

different premises. BTW I also admire Reto Andreoli and own his

Magic Diamond and also Ikeda's 9 cantileverless cart.. Both are excellent

carts but Magic more easy to adjust. Reto learned the ''cart art'' at the

age of 15 by the famous Australian brothers. The other components

he learned himself while all his components are hand made by himself.

I got my Magic second hand his other components I, alas, can't afford.