[Dick Pierce[_2_]]

In rereading, I find the following claim to be,
well, extraordinary:
Audio Empire wrote:
A simple match-the-numbers scheme would be ideal.
But it has never been done and I don't even know
if anyone has ever even proposed such a standard.

A simple google search suggests, somewhat overwhelmingly
if I may, the opposite. I had the idea of revising the
table I generated some 4 decades ago and, to populate
it, went searching for "phono cartridge compliance" and
got thousands of hits, including some in the top 10
which included precisely such a scheme. There's even
one site that has available a spreadsheet which has
a database of arm and cartridge specs that allows one
to easily calculate the resulting catridge/arm resonance.

Empire, in talking about "pretty obscure math", "the
required parameters are not forthcoming from the manufacturer,"
"lots of things about the arm that aren't generally known,"
and such might lead one to believe it's a mysterious, poorly
studied and largely unsolved problem. Indeed, it may be
to some, but the information and techniques have been well
understood by many for a long time.

The information is out there for anyone who wants to take the
minimal trouble to find it.


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