Anyone familiar with this?-Final Audio Research Cartridge-EQ

Posted by DKG (A) on August 6, 2005 at 13:21:11

In Reply to: VTF question (kind of) posted by tlea on August 6, 2005 at 07:41:40:

I was reading the thread regarding mass and tracking,which reminded me of this gadget I had installed on a grace 747 arm about 23 years ago. It clamps on the arm and has two outriggers with small weights attached.

When I had this done way back when,,David Saltz (audio cable guru) was working at a local high end shop. he mounted this behind the pivot point on the grace, instead of at the headshell. Which is contrary to the way it was designed, but I do not recall having any complaints about it at the time.

I am curious if this would work as a way to add mass to my Notingham Interspace arm and Dynavector Karat, if mounted as designed at the headshell/arm junction. Since the Karat is so light and the effective mass of the arm is 11.5g + 5.3g for the cart, I wonder if it might be worth playing with.

Any one have any memories of this gadget?

this is a quote from an issue of audio basics, I found when I googled the KKC-48

"The object of the device is to stabilize the arm by
adding a high polar moment of inertia. This
device (Final Audio Research Cartridge-EQ
KKC-48) (what a complex name for a simple
device) works just fine, improving the image,
bass response, transient response, and dynamic
range of the cartridge â€“ arm combination."

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Topic - VTF question (kind of) - tlea 07:41:40 08/06/05 (22)

n/t - Bung 05:24:36 08/08/05 (0)

Is it one of the newer Heavyweights? - slate1 16:09:30 08/06/05 (1)

Re: Is it one of the newer Heavyweights? - tlea 17:09:03 08/06/05 (0)

Ditch the heavyweight. It makes Rega arms sound worse IMHO. - hukkfinn 15:18:30 08/06/05 (0)

Anyone familiar with this?-Final Audio Research Cartridge-EQ - DKG 13:21:11 08/06/05 (2)

Which store did David work in?... - Ray-o-Stat 17:55:11 08/06/05 (1)

audio by caruso-nt - DKG 05:00:13 08/07/05 (0)

Re: VTF question (kind of) - tubesforever 11:47:40 08/06/05 (0)

Either way would work - Doug Deacon 09:23:00 08/06/05 (12)

Also, check this out - Doug Deacon 09:33:38 08/06/05 (11)

Have you done any testing to see what the optimum weight should be? - tubesforever 00:10:37 08/07/05 (0)

Yeah, checked it out. - garth 10:33:26 08/06/05 (9)

Your experiences simply confirm Twl's theory - Doug Deacon 14:06:24 08/06/05 (1)

The question then was not inertia/overall mass of the arm. - garth 16:32:55 08/06/05 (0)

Re: Yeah, checked it out. - John Elison 10:38:53 08/06/05 (6)

Yeah, I personally think it is a combination of ... - garth 11:05:28 08/06/05 (5)

How are the magnets damped? (nt) - John Elison 11:18:52 08/06/05 (4)

The magnets DO the damping. - garth 11:29:27 08/06/05 (3)

Oh, okay. That's pretty neat. (nt) - John Elison 11:34:30 08/06/05 (2)

Wow, pigs CAN fly! - Doug Deacon 14:18:12 08/06/05 (1)

Re: Wow, pigs CAN fly! - tubesforever 00:20:01 08/07/05 (0)

Answer B. - garth 08:12:42 08/06/05 (0)

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Anyone familiar with this?-Final Audio Research Cartridge-EQ - DKG 13:21:11 08/06/05 (2)

Which store did David work in?... - Ray-o-Stat 17:55:11 08/06/05 (1)

audio by caruso-nt - DKG 05:00:13 08/07/05 (0)

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