Here's a little reading for you ZYX owners by Hisayoshi Nakatsuka san himself (translated into English)
http://www.sibatech.co.jp/ZYX/ZYXTalks.htm
in which he describes the complex windings of the ZYX cartridge coils, and particularly the importance of their axes being correctly oriented to the groove modulations to achieve what he calls "original stereo sound."
Why don't you write to him at:
[email protected]
and ask him about the advisability of tilting his cartridges backwards. I'm sure he'll be politely horrified.
Two other points:
1.) ZYX styli have the sharpest edged micro-ridge diamonds of all. If they don't exactly lock into the forward slanting groove modulations, they will wear off the delicate high frequency undulations in the groove and
2.) Most tonearms are designed so that their geometry is most stable (center of gravity below the bearings) when the arm slopes slightly down toward the record. This configuration provides the most resonance-free platform for the cartridge. So if you insisted on tilting your cartridge backward, it would be best to shim it at the headshell and let the tonearm assume its natural downward slope.
Are you sure you still want to do this?
.
http://www.sibatech.co.jp/ZYX/ZYXTalks.htm
in which he describes the complex windings of the ZYX cartridge coils, and particularly the importance of their axes being correctly oriented to the groove modulations to achieve what he calls "original stereo sound."
Why don't you write to him at:
[email protected]
and ask him about the advisability of tilting his cartridges backwards. I'm sure he'll be politely horrified.
Two other points:
1.) ZYX styli have the sharpest edged micro-ridge diamonds of all. If they don't exactly lock into the forward slanting groove modulations, they will wear off the delicate high frequency undulations in the groove and
2.) Most tonearms are designed so that their geometry is most stable (center of gravity below the bearings) when the arm slopes slightly down toward the record. This configuration provides the most resonance-free platform for the cartridge. So if you insisted on tilting your cartridge backward, it would be best to shim it at the headshell and let the tonearm assume its natural downward slope.
Are you sure you still want to do this?
.