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Goran- Based on this reasoning isn't that why the linear tracking tonearm was arguably the truest playback system of all? AA On 12/15/11 9:10 AM, Goran Finnberg wrote: > Mike Biel: > >> Unless you back-cue, you are better off with the >> S-shaped arm. > > The straight arm gives less wow and flutter. > > Also it gives less distortion as the S-shaped arm cannot be adjusted to have > more than two points of distortion minima and all other places are the > tracking distortion much higher. > > Furthermore a bent arm creates the need for anti skate adjustment. Without > it the right channel will distort much earlier than the left channel. > > Also the cartridge stereo channel separation will become nonsymmetrical > without anti-skate adjustment. > > So on...so on. > > Straight line is always better in all respects as it mimics the way the disk > was cut. > >