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RE: Gimbal vs unipivot vs air bearing tonearm

Posted by flood2 (A) on June 24, 2015 at 14:42:05

In Reply to: Gimbal vs unipivot vs air bearing tonearm posted by mondial on June 23, 2015 at 20:10:06:

Just to add to John's already detailed reply..
Unipivots also have an additional difficulty in setting and maintaining consistent cartridge azimuth particularly with antiskate solutions involving a mass on a string - the counterweight is deliberately made so that it is off-centre to allow you to adjust the relative position to maintain azimuth. As John has already said, there are too many degrees of freedom which makes consistent alignment difficult especially if you anticipate changing cartridges reasonably often.
I'm sure VPI arm users will disagree... However, gimballed bearings can easily achieve <10mg equivalent resistance. The specifications on an SL1200 stock arm for example is <7mg.
Regards Anthony

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