#tonearm

[jelabs]

Vintage Japanese Idler-Driven Turntable Part 4: Realistic Mark-7 @ JE Labs Blog

[cgclarkphoto]

needle in the groove -  cg photography

[theaudiophileman]

[audiogold]

Rega P2 and P1 turntables now in walnut. Look great. Sound great. Rega have been refining these designs for nearly 45 years and they have stood the test of time. Simply get the most from your music in their price points and tonearms that are used on some of the highest of high end turntables. Come have look and listen. We’ve got lots of lovely kit to plug them into. #rega #regap1 #regap2 #turntable #hifi #tonearm #walnut #wood #design #simple #elegant #cartridge #sound #vinyl #demo #audiogoldcrouchend #audiogold (at Audio Gold) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmHtj-HsGx2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[fennessyofficial]

Jasmine Dragon Cartridge & LP5.0 MM/MC phono stage.

[horizaru]

#トーンアーム #tonearm #dj #東京タトゥー #tokyotattoo (En a.k.a Horizaru) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnf1X-HhVXU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[swarmm-cod]

2019 flashback………..…I got my 12 boxes of Mechacreatch’s dropped off & I got to say it was definitely overwhelming! I decided to throw all my cards in on one big order so your looking at 400 Mechacreatch’s. It’s humbling to see more than 3/4 of them finding a good home all around the world! I never imagined Mechacreatch doing so well & so stoked on everyone that has picked one up to add to there collection over the years 🙏 Will I ever produce more..possibly!! I’m currently working with @milehighsofubi on a possible future limited release so stay tuned! Thank you all again for your constant support over the years! 2023 here we come!! #mechacreatch #swarmmfigure #creaturefromtheblacklagoon #creature #gillman #mechagodzilla #godzilla #theripper #screaminghand #dj #tonearm #gameandwatch #turntableplatter #evildead #bookofthedead #swarmm #skateboarding #weird #aliens #robots #monsters #music #originalcharacter #originalconcept #urbantoys #designertoys #vinyltoys #sofubi #sofubitoys https://www.instagram.com/p/CmwjJepJx1p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ayliffe]

pink floyd, piper at the gates of dawn, second pressing

[mr1974]

Maria Grinberg playing Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas.

[fitlifemantra]

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[jelabs]

Retrocool tonearm + cartridge: Musicmaster Model 12 + GE VRII mono cartridge @ jelabs.blogspot.com

[davidtimes]

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[belovecore]

All your robot alien friends being super uber big and tall is cool until you realize you can’t wrestle them

And who do I have to choose from? Honestly Tonearm can catch these hands for being such a stick in the mud about me hanging out with Up-Pump!!

4 foot vinyl fool /lh

[audio-luddite]

Thoughts on tone arms.

If you have been reading this you know I am all in on tangential tracking. It is how the record is cut. It sounds better. It is not simple.

Most tone arms pivot and the best ones when perfectly set up and calibrated are correct in exactly two places in the arc. Just like a stopped clock being right twice a day. The error from this is real and audible. It is not much, but LPs are full of tiny parameters.

Also a pivoting arm has a skating force that pulls the stylus towards the center of the record due to the tangent angle at the end and resulting offset of the center line of the pick up relative to the arm pivot. That varies with the signal intensity modulating the drag in the groove. A fixed anti-skating force is at best a poor approximate compromise. True tangential arms do not have this problem.

There are several pivoting arms that have devices that twist the head shell as it moves so the pickup remains tangent. Geometrically there are several ways to do that.

This is an early Thales Tone arm. It is based on some classical Greek geometry and is rather cool. So many things to hit accidentally, and I have two cats. They refined their concept and went with a simpler dual pivot arrangement.

This looks a lot more conventional, it is simpler, but not actually simple and works effectively the same. There are fewer things to knock about. Everything depends on those little bearings you see there.

Garrard had the same idea 50 years ago. Yup 1970s.

This is a "Zero 100" and was fairly popular back in the day. So no hope of getting a patent now eh? This one is collectable, but not great. Sounds familiar don't it.

So here are straight mechanical solutions to staying tangent. There are still problems with these. The pivots on the head shell cannot be perfect so they rattle just a bit. Damping helps but only helps. We are dealing with tiny vibrations here you know.

There is still a pivot and an offset and therefore a skating force. Also like air bearing types lateral motion depends on that tiny stylus doing the work. Poor thing.

So I wonder is there another way? Yes there is. You can have a pivoting arm and tangent tracking and no skating force at the stylus. It would take a few things, but all have been done in some similar fashion before. Not necessarily in audio.

First thing is you have a conventional pivoting arm. The head shell on the end has a very high quality single degree of freedom pivot and a small actuator that twists it. This lets it move, and helps suppress rattling. It also has a force sensor like a strain gauge that measures the drag on the stylus.

The pivot end has an actuator that makes the anti-skate force proportional to the drag sensed. Several tonearms were made years ago that used actuators to produce tracking force which also suppressed resonant vibration and this is easier. We also need an angle or distance sensor to determine the place in the arc the pick up is in and apply the appropriate angle correction. This can be done with straight analogue devices or a computer.

Whenever I write the word computer I hear that line in Dr. Strangelove "Ve vill use a Compooder".

Some people get all wound up that having a mechanical feedback means it is always wrong. Everything is wrong. The goal is to reduce that as much as possible.

My Phazer TT uses an optical sensor to measure the lateral deflection of the arm and moves the arm carriage with a linear induction motor. Also called a linear actuator. It may be off by one groove width from time to time. That is much less than a pivot, and it has no lateral load on the stylus. Anyway the level of mechanics is comparable in the pivoting head shell concept. The control level is pretty much the same too.

My crazy Harman Kardon Rabco TT has a brilliantly simple purely mechanical solution. The drive provides a mechanical lateral force based on the arm acting like a tiller on a boat adjusting a roller on a shaft. It is so FN simple, I love it. If only they spent more time on the rigidity of the plinth and vibration isolation. It could be SOTA I tell you.

I simply dismiss any sliding tangential arms that require the stylus to do anything but collect vibrations. That's you, air bearings.

But some people are hung up on pivoting arms. The reject tangential tracking out of hand for irrational reasons. So we could bring them into the fold and they can still swing on their pivots. There is a better way.

[jpnriikicore]

title: lover's rock

word count: 651

paring: jack champion x fem!reader

quietly singing to the familiar song 'lover's rock' by 'tv girl' that currently played on your record player. standing in front of the mirror to clasp your necklace on, but struggling to do so. through the reflection of the mirror you see jack climbing through your bedroom window. shutting your noisy window halfway as quietly as possible. as he looks through the collection of your records. he recites the dialogue of the song. you had introduce him to this song on your first date.

"now, how many men have you kissed?"

"very few."

"but you offered me a kiss. why?"

"such a foolish reason, I'm afraid. I just wanted to kiss you."

“pretty boy, you can’t stay here very long i have to leave in a few minutes.” you said, as he blushes at the nickname. you had called him that a thousand times, but he never gotten used to it. the endearing nickname has always left him a flustered mess. he looks over at you and takes notice in your struggle with your necklace. the butterfly necklace he gave you on your birthday last year. he walked over to you and gentle removes your hands away from the necklace replacing with his to help you.

“that’s fine, i just really wanted to see you.” he said, giving you a quick kiss on the apples of your cheek as the butterfly necklace falls into place. he wraps his arms around your waist resting his head on top of your shoulder. he takes in your appearance your wearing his favorite dress. it’s white and lacy along with a cozy white cardigan. the record skips just as his heart does.

he grabs your hand spinning you around to be face to face. he places a quick kiss your forehead. a soft smile appears on yours lips, as you wrap your arms around his neck playing with the ends of his curls, as his hands found a place on your waist. he pulls you in closer as he leans down to kiss you. turning your head to deepen the kiss. slowly walking backwards until your back hit the wall.

you pull apart as he brings you to your bed. he sits on the edge as you sit on his lap with your legs on either side of his. you lean over him to reach for a romance novel you’ve been reading recently. he could smell your flowery perfume. it was like as if you were trying to tease him. his hand finds it way to cradle the side of your face rubbing the pad of his thumb over your cheekbone. you lean into his touch bringing his hand up to your lips to press a gentle kiss on his palm.

"how about you just stay here?" he mumbled against your lips.

"i love to pretty boy, but i-"

“y/n, we need to go!” your guardian yells. startling you, you both pull away staring at your bedroom door that’s decorated with posters of your favorite bands. the heavy footsteps of your guardian become louder as adrenaline and anxiety fills you. rushing and pushing him gently towards your bedroom window as he quickly climbs out your window, but exchange one last quick kiss.

"i’ll call you once i get back home." you whispered, and in response he said okay. you shut your window completely and lock it quickly speed walking over to your mirror to fix yourself.

“y/n, you ready?” your guardian asked, as they open your bedroom door.

“yep, just let me turn off the music.” you said, smiling at them. you pull the cueing lever up to lift the tonearm off the record putting the vinyl record back into it’s sleeve.

"y/n, you really shouldn’t leave your window shade open it’s night." your guardian pointed out, as you muttered a sorry before closing the window shade.

that was a close call.

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