Just some observations from the pictures:
1. The cueing lift looks like it is actually touching the arm when the record is playing. If not, it's oh so close.
2. What is the white mung around the bottom of the armboard that is visible in the picture?
3. I assume that in order to set up the arm correctly, the arm had to be mounted to the armboard in such a way that the arm actually looks like it is making contact with the back of the hole in the armboard instead of being centered in the hole.
John, do you hav any idea as to the weight of your arm? I ask, as I would love to try one on my Linn...which I am now in the process of bringing up to SE spec. The Linn arms do nothing for me, my WTA beats the pants off the Ekos and it's still not in Schroder territory.
John, does it look like there would be one null point? Can you post a picture from above with the cartridge about midway into the record? Also, I assume the cartridge is underhung? If so, by how much?
It has two pivot points not one. A picture will not help much. A video however would help you understand how it moves. It moves in a straight line across the record because the arm articulates at two points at the base. I have not seen the inner mechanism so I do not know exactly how it works.
This is the tricky part - it must have some kind of servo to keep the main arm tonearm pivot in the proper position.
Nope. Extremely good bearings and I think some kind of guide bar. From what I've heard magnets are involved in the equation as well.
Thanks, John. If the arm is a little heavier than your Triplanar, then it won't work. As you may remember the Linn is a very picky little dear when it comes to arm weight and size of arm.No I can go ask. It's a little heavier than my Triplanar but not as heavy as a SME IV.Vi...I used to have a Linn LP12 and a Ekos...I think the weight is ok...but the arm is kinda long...I wonder if the arm board arrangement on the linn will allow enough room...
Ack, I am guessing Steve Dobbins or Frank Schroder might have a diagram like yours above. Maybe showing how the rear arm slides like the front of the arm...Audioarcher is right...two pivots for sideways movements...(3rd pivot for up and down)
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