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

[Nathan Coy]

I am curious on this in respect to different effects on the tonearm based
on where the weight is added. It seems like this is a case where the
placement would make a difference based on the geometric relationships of
the tonearm. Is that something that the videos speak to? So does
concentrated mass on a head shell behave different than more mass
distributed through a tonearm in general? and if so in what ways? Even
different locations on the head shell could affect the way a fixed weight
acts on the lever, is there a sweet spot? Are there advantages and
disadvantages as opposed to just using a tonearm with more mass, a more
compliant cartridge, heavier cartridge, or wand with more mass? I look
forward to getting their experienced insights. You mention a video of Mr.
Winner. I am curious if you could share the location of Mr. Pomeroy's video
whether in hard copy or online. These seem like they would be great
resources, so if you could share links references that would be great. That
is of course with respect to copyright holders (tongue in cheek).

Thanks, and please post a link to the video when it becomes available,

Nathan


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> 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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