What Does a Cartridge Compliance/Tonearm Mass Mismatch Sound Like?

OK, analogue experts....what would it look/sound like if your set up included a cartridge whose compliance is not well matched with the tonearm it is mated to?

dodgealum08-13-2016 3:55pm

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moonglum Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 619 posts 08-14-2016 at 07:29pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dodge.. With induced resonance you won't just hear it you will actually see it (the tonearm will appear to be alive, depending on the speed of the warps etc...). Another observation is that the sound can exhibit "phase-y" behaviour i.e. a centre vocal, instead of being stable and centred, can appear to split into 2 separate voices one in each channel! (...and, as has been pointed out, things can get even more violent)
moonglum Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 619 posts 08-16-2016 at 07:49am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hi Raul, Believe it or not that was a compliant MI cartridge(MMIII) mounted on an Ittok LVII. It was a "borderline" match but still clearly not quite good enough. In 4 out of 5 cases the sound of this combination was sublime but very fast warps were its undoing. Best regards,

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