I too saw this at Leamington and was mightily impressed.
The finish was very good
Location: Solihull
Posts: 716
I'm Martin.
I too saw this at Leamington and was mightily impressed.
The finish was very good
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Very little as Hugo has said. It will affect the channel balance/crosstalk momentarily as the record warp is ridden. I did calculate the small change in azimuth with arm angle, but have mislaid my notes. But it is only a small effect.
So whilst it is not that important compared to things like arm integrity, minimising bending and torsional flexing modes and making the arm as neutral a cartridge carrier as possible, it doesn't take much to properly align the vertical bearings in an arm design - Garrard did it over fifty years ago.
Barry
Location: Chesterfield
Posts: 307
I'm Tim.
Did anyone hear it in action?
What did it sound like?
As it’s new anyone buying one is taking a punt.
Is it a gimble or unipuvot type bearing?
I heard it via headphones at the Woodland Grange show with one of my Ortofon SPU#1S cartridges fitted, and it did sound very good - a nicely balanced, natural sound character that definitely bodes well for production versions. This arm looks like it might be a uni-pivot but it does have conventional bearings in both axes.