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Advice and recommendations needed for a turntable rig...
Consider a used TT. Used heavy platter units from boutique suppliers can be very good value. See if you can find an old Nottingham Analogue table - so heavy that you have to push it up to speed by hand! But the sound is excellent, and not fatiguin... 
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
This is why linear tracking tonearms are no advantage But this is not an agreed fact. Science proceeds by finding reasons for agreed facts; these reasons become models; and models make predictions, which are subject to test. You seem to be sta... 
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
Back in the day, ’Big Bang’ was a derogatory name for the theory that eventually came to dislodge ’Steady State’. Perhaps it’s time for the pendulum to swing back.  
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
Now consider that, at the time of the Big Bang, the entire cosmos was in a quantum state. When the Big Bang is observed, say with a radio telescope, it is changed by the observer (Copenhagen). What is the nature of this change? One can only suppos... 
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
Typo, sorry.   
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
"Something is broken" on which one? Or rigged? Which is it? Based on my experiments, all five are plausible with the same cartridge. Not to mention changes in set-up. When changing tonearms, it is impossible not to change the alignment of arm boa... 
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
Try listening to those files - there is a clear difference between some of them Based on my own experiments, I think that it is possible that SAT is varying the rigidity / damping trade-off. File 1 is insufficiently damped, File 5 is insufficient... 
Handling Heavy Amps
@pindac has the best advice - NEVER risk your health for a hobby. Or anything else. Your back is FAR to precious to gamble with. And 100 lbs is plenty big enough to destroy your back if you trip, unless you’re built like a fullback. I’ve never re... 
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
@sokogear I believe some of you have gone way past the point of obsession. Yeah, guilty, Your Honour. Fair cop. Still, it beats a smart phone.    
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
@lewm  Don't want an argument - rather, I value your views. But you did say, "I agree with Mijostyn on azimuth adjustment." Mijostyn said, The sonic difference between +- a few degrees is essentially inaudible ... I was responding to that.... 
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
Sorry gents, but I hear +/- a fraction of a degree of azimuth in my system. Caveats: classical, revealing music from pristine US cleaned records; LT air tonearm with adjustments +/- 20 microns in 2D, acting over a 250mm shaft of 20mm steel. Thus m... 
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
@lewm Thanks for the note. I mistakenly thought you were talking about azimuth. Since I use a LT, it’s not so much of an issue for me - assuming that the cantilever is straight, which is a lot more obvious and a lot easier than azimuth.  
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
@lewm As for adjusting azimuth, I think that the only reliable way is to do it by ear. Peter Ledermann of Soundsmith has a piece on it, which seems very convincing to me. He points out that his best cartridge, the Hyperion, often has large crosst... 
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
Of course everyone knows that you neeed to set up the tonearms properly with respect to VTA, etc But few have adjustability as one of their top criteria.     
Comparison of sonic qualities of some tonearms
I'm sorry, Dr. Bond, but I seem to have missed the point. I sidetracked myself into a discussion about materials. I think that we can all agree that a cartridge can only sound its best when it is held rigidly at the correct angles: tangential, VT...