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In Reply to: Re: Decisions decisions... woofer pumping, cartridges, tonearms... posted by JimL on May 16, 2007 at 20:12:10:
I'm familiar with the brush. Seems like a bit of a stopgap solution to me though because it affects the sound quality.
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From what you have written it sounds like you have not tried the brush. Yes, some people have reported that the sound is better with the brush up in an optimum situation, but since you are NOT in an optimum situation, and since it will cost you NOTHING but time to try it, WHY NOT? You may find that the removal of subsonic problems from your system may IMPROVE the sound and solve the problem, in which case, keep using it and stop worrying about what other people have said - this is YOUR SYTEM, NOT THEIRS! Seems to me you have objections to every possible solution - you don't want a subsonic filter, you don't want to spend money for another tonearm or cartridge, you don't want to try the brush. The brush, at least, is ALREADY THERE FREE OF CHARGE. On the other hand, if it sounds worse, you may have to actually spend money to solve the problem and you may not be any happier at the end (worst possible case).Shure actually designed the brush to damp the subsonic resonance inherent in ALL arm-cartridge systems, and also to make cartridge more compatible with a wide variety of arms, so in that sense it is NOT a stop-gap.
I have tried the brush. It makes a difference to the sound.No, I don't want a subsonic filter. But other than that I'd be open to a new arm or cart as long as it suited what I wanted. That's basically what I was asking suggestions for.
It might help if you re-read my post, then you would get more of an idea of my situation.
Nice capital letters by the way, they make you look very clever.
Um, OK. I'm not sure why the Akito should cause such a problem with the Shure, as the effective mass is not that bad - 10 gms is still within the recommended range with the Shure. That said, a couple of low mass arms that are good, and relatively inexpensive, are the ADC LMF-1 and the Grace G-707 Mk II. Both have effective masses around 5-6 gms. The Grace in fact used to be the recommended combination with the Linn LP-12 before Linn started making the Ittok, and both arms are relatively light, so should not interfere with the working of the Linn suspension. The low mass arms will shift the resonance frequency up by maybe 1-2 Hz, which might be enough to make a difference.
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