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

[David Lennick]

Indeed, the Stanton styli don't want too much extra coinage or you'll start 
hearing rubbing noises (worst on some Canadian Victors where the catalog number 
is in raised numerals and just inside the last of the grooves).

dl

On 12/12/2013 12:28 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> 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.
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