This is incorrect. Just the opposite is true since most tonearms are designed with stable balance, which means that the arm CG lies below the vertical pivot point. This causes increased VTF as the stylus height increases. After reading this thread it sounds like the 4Point arm is designed with...
Interesting review from Jeff Day on new Acoustic Revive Headshell
https://jeffsplace.positive-feedback.com/first-listen-the-acoustic-revive-rhs-1-artisanal-headshell-wowza/
The distinguished national security analyst, author and long time contributor to The Absolute Sound has passed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Cordesman
Compared my Valhalla 2 and a friend’s Synergistic (forgot the model). Both of those sounded unnaturally bright in comparison, surprisingly. The Arhat exhibited a relaxed presentation with an enveloping soundstage and without masking detail or blunting transients. It just seemed to make acoustic...
Yes. Here is an example: this Jazz Messengers modern mono reissue exhibits severe distortion on plucked bass notes when played with my Miyajima mono cart, but plays perfectly fine with my stereo cart. This implies the presence of spurious vertical information due to the stereo cutter head used...