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Posted by beach cruiser (A) on August 3, 2022 at 15:27:31

In Reply to: AR Turntable tonearm question (cont.) posted by Basher52 on August 3, 2022 at 08:00:17:

First off, I sent off for the SAS replacement product for my shure v15 VxMR and was satisfied with the fine results. the brush on the front no longer had a damping effect, but I long ago, as my system improved , left it secured in the up position . I really got my ego stoked when I saw the exact same combo used at an audio show to demonstrate product. having an almost unobtainable object will do that to a collector type guy.

I bought two replacement tips at once, thinking to use one to check for wear against the one in play. At first hearing of my new replacement tip, I didn't like the sound, so installed the other and everything was fine. I didn't continue switching tips to check my hearing for illusion, but that is what I figured .

What I really checked in about was the set up advice. I don't pretend to have the background to engineer phono carts, I can only read and repeat, for whatever that is worth.

Specifically, I am referring to the stylus rake angle advice. I had read that the V15 series was named after the cutting head chisel angle used when the cart was designed, 15 degrees, when in the past, it used to be closer to ten. Today the preferred cutting head angle is around 20 degrees, depending on the cutting engineers preference, so the offered advice might be obsolete on modern records.

Of course if you have an arm with an adjustable VTA you can tune by ear. I always ran the VxMR cart at almost 1.5 grams , after playing some test records , so the advice wouldn't apply to me anyway.

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Topic - AR Turntable tonearm question - George S. Roland 20:29:23 08/01/22 (15)

RE: AR Turntable tonearm question - John Elison 16:42:45 08/05/22 (2)

"piece of junk . . ". Pretty strong words John. The AR-XA tonearm is - alaskahiatt 23:05:29 08/07/22 (1)

notable hallmark of progress - Story 03:34:12 08/08/22 (0)

RE: AR Turntable tonearm question - 6bq5 10:23:47 08/05/22 (0)

that design goes way back... - Story 13:24:01 08/04/22 (0)

Edgar Villchur's advice on anti-skating - Lew 09:09:27 08/04/22 (1)

RE: Edgar Villchur's advice on anti-skating - JonM 09:18:14 08/05/22 (0)

always strive for the best possible arm - beach cruiser 23:09:42 08/02/22 (0)

RE: AR Turntable tonearm question - Bill Way 15:40:52 08/02/22 (1)

RE: AR Turntable tonearm question - Tre' 16:25:05 08/02/22 (0)

RE: AR Turntable tonearm question - Basher52 09:04:10 08/02/22 (4)

RE: AR Turntable tonearm question - George S. Roland 14:57:37 08/02/22 (3)

AR Turntable tonearm question (cont.) - Basher52 08:00:17 08/03/22 (1)

addendum to the addendum - beach cruiser 15:27:31 08/03/22 (0)

RE: AR Turntable tonearm question - hahax@verizon.net 21:37:40 08/02/22 (0)

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