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RE: What's that funny little weight

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Capt. Z

In Reply to: RE: What's that funny little weight posted by Mushroom Soup on March 02, 2023 at 19:25:39

That's for antiskate

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RE: What's that funny little weight - Mushroom Soup 20:32:48 03/02/23 (5)
I've got the little antiskate weight on the lever that pulls the lever that pulls the string that pulls the tone arm. This is not that, this is a solidly mounted, larger weight.
- RE: What's that funny little weight - Ozzy 04:06:40 03/03/23 (4)
  Off the side or off the rear? Are you talking about the counterweight? I can't imagine a tonearm would have a weight hanging off the side. makes no sense. A picture is worth....well you know...
  
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  - RE: What's that funny little weight - beach cruiser 05:31:36 03/03/23 (3)
    some tonearm with a single point suspension use weight to control arm movement, since it is just balanced upon single point, unlike the more common gimbaled arm supports.
    
    One way to absolutely find the function Is to cut the thing off.
    - Some of the Japanese turntables back in the 1970's. - ghost of olddude55 06:25:26 03/03/23 (2)
      Some of the tonearms, there would be a weight mounted on a small aluminum rod sticking out of the gimbal. It was non-adjustable and independent of any anti-skate knobs or weights.
      
      The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
      - perhaps a VTF fine adjustment /nt - Story 06:57:05 03/03/23 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Some of the Japanese turntables back in the 1970's. posted by ghost of olddude55 on March 03, 2023 at 06:25:26
        
        No adjustability. - ghost of olddude55 07:17:30 03/03/23 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: perhaps a VTF fine adjustment /nt posted by Story on March 03, 2023 at 06:57:05
        
        Just a weight stuck on a rod. Nothing to do with anti-skate because there was usually a dial adjustment for that.
        I always figured it was just marketing. Looked sophisticated even if it didn't do anything.
        
        The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

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