It should be the same or close(?)

Posted by Lew (A) on January 6, 2017 at 07:57:36

In Reply to: It should be the same or close posted by richardl on January 5, 2017 at 12:32:26:

I don't argue with what you say, but one could make a case in favor of having a higher effective mass in the horizontal plane than in the vertical plane, just as one can make a case for equal effective mass in the two planes. Frankly, this is an issue that I find confusing. Over time, I think Mike Fremer has gone back and forth on this issue, but he currently (or the last time I read one of his tonearm reviews) seems to be in the "nearly equal" camp. Obviously, most any linear tracker is going to have a higher effective mass in the horizontal plane; do we hear problems from that? What problems would one expect, even?

I don't own a linear tracking tonearm, but I do own a Dynavector DV505, which was designed deliberately to have a high effective mass in the horizontal plane. It's a great tonearm for bass reproduction. Theory might predict that a high-ish effective mass in the horizontal plane would be favorable for bass.

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Topic - Should Horizontal & Vertical Resonance Be Close? - sbank 07:44:07 01/05/17 (7)

RE: Should Horizontal & Vertical Resonance Be Close? - flood2 17:35:25 01/05/17 (0)

It should be the same or close - richardl 12:32:26 01/05/17 (4)

It should be the same or close(?) - Lew 07:57:36 01/06/17 (0)

RE: It should be the same or close - sbank 15:51:52 01/05/17 (2)

It probably means the suspension is dried up - richardl 11:59:01 01/06/17 (1)

RE: It probably means the suspension is dried up - flood2 14:25:46 01/06/17 (0)

It rarely is in linear tracking arms and arms like the Dynavector. Nt - viridian 07:46:32 01/05/17 (0)

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It should be the same or close(?) - Lew 07:57:36 01/06/17 (0)

It should be the same or close(?)

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