curved or straight tonearm?
"Rich Teer" wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Edward wrote:
i'm looking at seriously upgrading the turntable situation for my "at
home" stereo set up. serious in the sense of quality and that i would
like this to be the last turntable i buy. maybe...
so my question is this: do i go with a curved or straight tonearm??
remember, this is for my home set up and not for taking out of the
house and DJ'ing with.
I don't think the shape of the arm is important per se, provided the
offset angle ends up being correct. That said, all the better arms
I can think of off the top of my head are straight, so I guess there's
your answer!
Correct. The shortest distance between the pivot and the stylus is always a
straight line. Therefore the straight tube with the cartridge mounted at an
appropriate offset angle and overhang distance is the most likely to have
minimal mass, all other things being equal.
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