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In Reply to: RE: What ever happened to Frank Schröder's tonearms? posted by John Elison on April 28, 2015 at 21:19:21
Hi,
I've had lots of inquiries from the Hifi press regarding a review of the LT arm. They need something new(and unusual) to write about as often as possible. It sells their magazine, but not any more of my arms.
The experiences I've had with reviewers were(with few exceptions) such that I prefer to stick with a very restrictive approach when it comes to having as so-called expert write about an item or a topic that he either doesn't fully understand or that he can spend only a couple of days on, - since the next issue's deadline is ahead. That, after having the item in his posession for half a year...
I also don't like to be contacted time and time again by the advertizement department of the magazine that just reviewed an arm or a deck that I designed.
Lastly, it is not the manufacturing limits, but the number of knowledgeable and service orientated dealers that precludes a wide distribution.
All the best,
Frank Schröder
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Hi Frank,
J.Weiss wrote the following:
> OMA (Oswalds Mill Audio) represents Schroder tonearms in North America. You can see and demo virtually the entire range of arms at our showroom in Brooklyn, NYC.
> We also have a new Schroder arm which has a magnetic, pivoting headshell that is tangentially tracking, as opposed to the design which tracks from the arm base.
I'm curious about the rationale for the pivoting headshell tonearm. Is there some advantage to the pivoting headshell over the LT tonearm? It would seem that a pivoting headshell would have less structural integrity than the LT tonearm. What is the reason for the pivoting headshell design when you seem to already have the perfect tonearm in the LT model?
Thanks,
John Elison
Hi John,
The same basic rationale applies to both CBM and LT arms when it comes to reducing the negative influence(intermodulation distorsion, transformer saturation, etc...) of the fundamental arm/cartridge resonance(see my quote as posted by J. Weiss).
On the LT arm, the laterally "giving" link is the magnetic coupling between the guide rail and its adjacent guide arm/magnet, on the CBM it's the pivoting headshell. In both cases you're looking at an anti-resonator with a built-in eddy current brake.
The structural integrity isn't compromised as both engineering solutions are based on pre-loaded bearings. No play, no chatter....
Have a great weekend,
Frank
Hi Frank,
Are you no longer hand building each one of them? Care to explain what manufacturing limits exist? And how is that will effect the price? I know it is a delicate balance between supply demand, distribution channels, etc. And it is still a "Luxury" item so to speak.
deee
;-D
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
quote by Kurt Vonnegut
Hello deee,
All LT arms to be sold in the US and Canada are assembled/finished by Steve Dobbins (Xact Audio) from parts supplied by me.
OMA sells all other models(all hand made by me)
Robyatt(importer of Miyajima carts) handles a special version of the CB arm(also hand/custom made)
A few other representatives exist in the US as well.
Another version of the CB arm(CF-multi-layer wand) is made by Thrax Audio for the Eastern European market and Australia.
Enough advertizing...
Cheers,
Frank
And fair enough. Final assembly is time consuming.
Dee
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
quote by Kurt Vonnegut
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