[78-L] Tonearm/Cartridge Mismatch - Compliance Remedies?

[Michael Biel]

It looks cheap, but this is why you see a coin on the headshell in
videos of such remastering engineers as Doug Pomoroy and Seth Winner.  I
haven't posted it yet, but in the videos I recently took of Seth he
explains that it is to give added mass to the tone arm for
stabilization, not to increase tracking force.  Indeed, as Iñigo
states, you then re-balance the arm and reset the tracking weight to
what you need.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  


-------- Original Message --------
From: Iñigo_Cubillo <ice261263 at gmail.com>


You can try fixing a weight at the cartridge top in the tonearm, and
then
equilibrate with a heavier counterbalance. Adding more mass to the
tonearm
increases thelateral inertia to vibrations and allows the use of more
stiff
cartridges as Stanton or still more, Shure.