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In Reply to: Re: Thanks for the info Jerry! posted by HamBone77 on April 27, 2007 at 08:07:36:
I've owned quite a few Dual's over the years, and I found the tonearm to be pretty good, clip in headshell and all. It gets a lot of flack, but mostly from folks who don't understand the design. The aluminum/plastic construction is really pretty well damped because of internal friction between the various parts that are clamped, not bonded, together; so resonances in the arm don't editorialize as some "better" arms do. Also, the spring system for arm weighting works well and is not sensitive to attitude (although I always checked mine with a Shure gauge). Dual used to demo that by having their TT at really extreme angles, or even upside down, playing happily.
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The tracking on my Dual is superior. I like the idea of checking the tracking weight. Think I'll have to invest in a scale. I just wish the wiring were more accessible so that a rewire would not be such a hassle. But, in the long run I'm not really sure if a rewire would resulted in a measurable gain. This may be an area where the adage "If its not broke don't fix it" applies.
If you're talking about rewiring the tone arm, don't!!! A) it's not easy and you risk trahing the TT; and B) it won't gain you anything audible. I'm obviously not into exotic wires and cables, and I believe that this is one area where measurements do tell the story.IMHO it's very much a case of "if it ain't broke don't fix it".
I take that as sage advice. I was more serious about thinking about taking that on before I bought my current cartridge. I was having connection, grounding and loosing channel problems. Mounted new cartridge and that's all gone completely. Certainly points to a faulty or failing cartridge.
Decca arms had plastic in them too! I agree that it is not a sing of low quality. Although I have gone on to lofter tables, I still like the Duals and recomend them to friends. Duals are music lovers tables.
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