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In Reply to: Would a longer tonearm, in theory, provide better tracking ability? posted by Mr Blue Sky on March 10, 2014 at 12:57:47:
What is the compliance of those Pickerings and Stantons? Based on the provenance, I would guess they are "high" compliance. If so, then the Rekokut tonearm, which based on photos is fairly massive, would be a bad match (just guessing), and that could account for your tracking problems. High compliance cartridges work best in low mass tonearms. For the same reason, a 12-inch broadcast tonearm might also be a very bad match. When well set up in a properly mated tonearm, on average, a high compliance cartridge will track better than a low compliance cartridge, e.g., a typical moving coil type. (Flame suit on.)
As to "tracking ability"; I think you are confusing that quality with the issue of distortion due to lack of tangency with the record groove. This latter is minimized by going to a longer length tonearm, but doing so does not guarantee an improvement in tracking ability, which refers to the capacity of the stylus to stay in the groove and "read" the audio signal, despite groove modulations.
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Follow Ups
- Compliance vs effective mass - Lew 03/10/1413:13:18 03/10/14 (6)
- RE: Compliance vs effective mass - Mr Blue Sky 13:52:57 03/10/14 (5)
- RE: Compliance vs effective mass - Tre' 21:05:31 03/10/14 (0)
- Age has nothing to do with it - Lew 15:40:16 03/10/14 (3)
- Early stereo Pickering/Stanton have low compliance and like 3 plus grams tracking force... - Interstage Tranny 16:15:38 03/10/14 (1)
- Thanks for the input - Lew 21:13:50 03/10/14 (0)
- RE: Age has nothing to do with it - Mr Blue Sky 16:11:34 03/10/14 (0)
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