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In Reply to: RE: My point - posted by M3 lover on June 06, 2017 at 22:14:23
The effective mass of any tonearm is simply its moment-of-inertia about its pivot point divided by the square of its effective length. The difficult part is determining a tonearm's moment-of-inertia because its mass distribution is so nonuniform. The only accurate way to determine its moment-of-inertia is to measure it.
The advantage of effective mass is that it allows us to compare the inertia of different length tonearms directly whereas their moments-of-inertia are not directly comparable. Two different length tonearms having the same effective mass will react identically with cartridges of the same mass and compliance; however, their moments-of-inertia will be different. The longer tonearm will always have a larger moment-of-inertia than the shorter tonearm even though their arm/cartridge resonance frequencies will be identical when using the same cartridge.
Best regards,
John Elison
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Well, heck, if it's that damn heavy, I'm gonna throw it in the trash.I think it's light, and that's what counts. ;) Yeah, I know there's weightless arms out there for a premium price. But I picked up this gently-used TT/arm combo back in 1977/78 for something like $50, and I'm still happy with it. All's I know is that, if I look at it cross-eyed, it'll skip a groove, and if I don't have a decent grip on the fingerlift thingy, it'll bounce right out of my hand and go skipping across the record and I'll have to get my spare stylus.
Still, a half-ounce headshell?!
Anyway, a moment ago I had some inertia. Now I'm in a stationary orbit. (That's a physics joke. Made it up all by myself.)
Edit: Btw, I have a digital scale. It says I weigh 178. Fortunately, the digital scale at my doctor's office says I weigh 174. I'm going to the post office today, and might take my headshell with me.
:)
Edits: 06/07/17
In or out of orbit, we all have inertia. It's the Law.
Hahahahaha!
Not exactly sure how fast I'm going, but when I'm sleeping or watching "the news", I feel like I'm stationary.
Maybe I should investigate further.
:)
nt
Watching astronauts float around in the ISS, you'd never think that they're going 18,000 miles an hour.
'Course, you'd also never think that the Russians are their only way to get home (with a valid passport).
:)
you and I are traveling at around 600 to 800 mph all the time. Speaking for myself, I'm exhausted.
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