The same thought occurred to me. Be a sorry thing to think they had to
use a crystal cart!
Hmmm... does anyone even make those anymore? That's just a rhetorical
question.
Thanks Lou, and everyone, for your thoughtful replies.
Malcolm
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On 11/29/2016 6:44 AM, Lou Judson wrote:
> Another thought: I wonder how the magnetic field affects magnetic cartridges, and how they solved it if it was a problem…
> Lou Judson
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> On Nov 29, 2016, at 8:20 AM, Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> The small niche market is a valid point. And as for wobble, well, they had to have worked that out before marketing it! What I don’t like is that the tone arm is mounted on solid ground, rather than floating with the disc… :-)
>> <L>
>> Lou Judson
>> Intuitive Audio
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>> On Nov 29, 2016, at 7:24 AM, Martin Fisher <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Another thought on 78 playing off Gary's statement.
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>>> "One concern would be the possibility of the platter moving relative to the arm/cartridge/stylus. Ideally, there should be no relative movement between the cartridge and the record groove."
>>>
>>> Can you imagine the lateral wobble while playing an unbalanced, high mass shellac based disc at 78!!!! Aargh!! May become a projectile....
>>>
>>> Martin
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gary A. Galo
>>> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 5:12 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] A "levetating Turntable"
>>>
>>> A magnetic field in motion - same as any other motor. Many turntable manufacturers consider the 78-rpm market to be too limited to justify the added expense. And, I would think that accommodating such a wide variety of record weights might be difficult with this technology.
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>>> Gary
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