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Schroeder Reference Arm

Hi Folks:

The great Peter Lederman of Soundsmith uses this arm on his VPI HRX Turntable.

What was surprising about Peter's rig is that as much as I respect and like the HRX, I always find it's sound slightly clinical; however the addition of the Schroeder arm made the table sound slightly richer and less clinical while blowing my mind with it's dynamics and accuracy. Has anyone else noticed or tried this? I am experienced enough in this hobby to understand that the tonearm and cartridge provide voicing for the system but a tonearm swap on a turntable of this quality surprised me with the overall change it made. It goes without saying that I think the JMW tonearm series made by VPI are excellent.

Best:

D.H.
danhirsh

Showing 2 responses by tawa

tawa
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Hi Thom,
The idea was to remove the screw that holds the cartridge mounting plate, slide a tight fitting plastic or rubber washer up to the screw head and replace.
Frank understood,
Thank you both
Tawa.
tawa
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Dear Thom,
Sorry for taking the discussion in a slightly different direction,but could not resist.
You mentioned that the point[this concerns the screw that
passes through the slot at the end of the Schroder arms]
of looseness where the sound really harmonises, is on-off
with the no 2, and easier to find the sweet spot with the wooden arms,wood being softer.
Question is ,has any of your customers tried some type of washer maybe plastic or rubber on that screw to delete a metal to metal contact.
Finding the spot can be quite tricky sometimes days, after
any kind of adjustment to cartridge grometry.
Maybe Frank has some thoughts on this all important adjustment.
Thank you all.
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