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straight tone arm, good or bad?
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| fishfish |
hello y'all!
happy new yeae everybody!
i would like to ask if the straight tone arm system wears out the records faster than s shaped tone arms?
what are the advantages of the straight tone arm over the s shaped?
thank you,
shay |
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| Eugene |
I actually thought that using S-shaped arms was an advantage... :toothless
Even Technics SL-1200 has an S-shaped arm I think. |
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| DJ Darchinova |
straight arms are mainly for scratching which do wear out the needles quicker..
but if you arent into scratching, a bent arm is better which dont wear out the needles as quick |
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| DJ-Energy |
hi all..
happy new year
i was going to ask this question 2..
cause i saw the vestax new technic.. and it gave some pointers why the stright tone arm are better then S-shape.. could someone tell me why s-shape is better except the fact that it dosen't wear out the needle as quickly as the stright tone arm does?... |
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| DJ LIQUID |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ-Energy
hi all..
happy new year
i was going to ask this question 2..
cause i saw the vestax new technic.. and it gave some pointers why the stright tone arm are better then S-shape.. could someone tell me why s-shape is better except the fact that it dosen't wear out the needle as quickly as the stright tone arm does?... |
Ive read somewhere that the sound quality is supperior on an S tone arm.
Most djs that use the straight tone arms are into turntablism where Keeping the needle from skipping is what they want and sound quality isnt number one |
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| fishfish |
considering what you had said, what tt sounds better,
technics (any kind) or vestax pdx2000? |
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| DJ Darchinova |
| Technbics 1200's sound better cos they have a bent arm instead of the PDX-200's straight arm |
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| Ckerr812 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Darchinova
Technbics 1200's sound better cos they have a bent arm instead of the PDX-200's straight arm |
Ok, I really don't like putting people down in the forums, BUT! I am reading this thread and that is just total BULL! I mean common guys if you are going to make an opinion on something please let it be accurate. The turntable has nothing to do with sound quality...ABSOULUTLY nothing....it spins your records and carries the signal.....The cartridge and needle are the things that affect sound quality.....so if you had the same Cartridge and needle on a Technics and on a PDX 2000 they will sound exactly they same. I have noticed alot of new people in the forums...please...keep the BULL to yourself eh...we don't need this forum turning into a bunch of lamers. |
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| liquidxxd |
haha, i was reading through this and i was about to write wat ckerr just put, i mean, they dont sell different kind of tone arms for the tables, (like they dont sell straight arms for technics), but they happen to have a big selection of cartridges and needles, which have different quality of sound output. i read somewhere that the straight arm on the vestax is virtually skip free, i think that is why they made it straight, or perhaps just a marketing thing, like we have a straight arm, it is better than the s-shape arm, because of blah blah blah
yea late |
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| DJTJ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ckerr812
Ok, I really don't like putting people down in the forums, BUT! I am reading this thread and that is just total BULL! I mean common guys if you are going to make an opinion on something please let it be accurate. The turntable has nothing to do with sound quality...ABSOULUTLY nothing....it spins your records and carries the signal.....The cartridge and needle are the things that affect sound quality.....so if you had the same Cartridge and needle on a Technics and on a PDX 2000 they will sound exactly they same. I have noticed alot of new people in the forums...please...keep the BULL to yourself eh...we don't need this forum turning into a bunch of lamers. |
Hehe, I don't like to disagree with someone's rant, but I'm afraid you're wrong! With straight tonearms, especially Vestax's ASTS (because it's so short) you get phase difference between the channels. What I mean by that is, the needle is at 90 degrees to the groove at only one point during the play of the record, and that's at halfway between the outside and the middle, i.e. 50% play. At all other points on the record, the needle will be at an angle to the grrove, meaning that the needle will reach the side of the groove on one channel (e.g. the let channel) before it reaches the other. This means that the channels are slightly out of sync or phase, sounding bad!
You do of course get this problem with S-shaped tonearms as well, but the effect of it is greatly amplified with a straight tonearm. The only tonearms that don't have this problem are linear tracking tonearms of audiophile tables, where the whole base of the tonearm moves along on a track so that the needle is always at 90 degrees to the record. |
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| DJ Darchinova |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJTJ
Hehe, I don't like to disagree with someone's rant, but I'm afraid you're wrong! With straight tonearms, especially Vestax's ASTS (because it's so short) you get phase difference between the channels. What I mean by that is, the needle is at 90 degrees to the groove at only one point during the play of the record, and that's at halfway between the outside and the middle, i.e. 50% play. At all other points on the record, the needle will be at an angle to the grrove, meaning that the needle will reach the side of the groove on one channel (e.g. the let channel) before it reaches the other. This means that the channels are slightly out of sync or phase, sounding bad!
You do of course get this problem with S-shaped tonearms as well, but the effect of it is greatly amplified with a straight tonearm. The only tonearms that don't have this problem are linear tracking tonearms of audiophile tables, where the whole base of the tonearm moves along on a track so that the needle is always at 90 degrees to the record. |
I didnt want to write so much.. but i would have said above :D
And kerr812.. u are a SPED if u dont know that there WILL be a difference if the TT has a straight or bent arm
Or did you think that they made different arms just for fun??
Yes the cartridge and needle are a large part of the sound quality, but how they hit the vinyl is also a factor |
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