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Re: DIY tone arm questions (mass, resonance, etc.)...

Posted by ER (A) on January 11, 2007 at 17:00:09

In Reply to: Re: DIY tone arm questions (mass, resonance, etc.)... posted by Headshell on January 11, 2007 at 13:22:32:

Hi headshell,

I tried to email you but it came back. Oh well! I'm looking at mostly resonance and the verticle plane, I know the roll off will be steep but I want it to begin in a good place. This is my second "DIY low mass air bearing arm" and I'm just trying to improve apon the first which worked REALLY well but unfortunatly was broken in my last move. I didn't have any of the stick-slip problems you mention(could have been lucky). My old arm had no problem tracking one of those defective runouts that goes back and forth without jumping the groove, so it's worth a shot.

For me, tracking the groove in the same many as it was cut makes too much sense to want to try another type of tone arm, all of which have their own set of drawbacks to overcome, though in my mind fewer merits if I can do this one right.

Even if it totaly sucks (sounds bad)and breaks a stylus and ruins a record, I still would like to undertake the journey and learn a little more. I have'nt spent any money yet and it will probably cost me less than $50 bucks to get it done, so why not? If it's not an improvement I can just re-build my old arm!

Also, what is you opinion of using a headshell? (I figured you would be the one to ask!) I have the option of running the wiring straight through from cart to phono section with out any contacts etc., would this sound that much better? If I wanted to use a different cartridge, I could just build a separate carrier and arm optimized for that cart, just as easy to change as a headshell and better sounding?

Thanks, Erik

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