Originally Posted by
John Gordon
If the bearing is not at stylus level then any force which has a resultant acting to pull against the arm horizontally - groove friction, groove modulation, dust particles, warps - will also have a vector acting to rotate the arm upwards.
This is precisely what I'm getting at. I don't need lectures on general arm design, I just want an answer to that point! Never mind any design implications or cost, why are arms not made with the stylus and arm bearing in the same plane (allowing for variations in cartridge depth)? That was what I asked. All I really wanted to know was if there is a specific reason why having both in the same plane seems to be avoided. Am I missing something?
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