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This was reviewed in M. Fremer's new rag.
All he could conclude was that it made a difference. Improvement? Who knows?
Even if I wanted to blow $350 on this, would most of it's 'benefit' be duplicated by a thin layer (1 mm or less) of sorbothane or whatever?
And what of variations in arm/cartridge geometry?
Edits: 11/03/22Follow Ups:
I would suggest that a guide who is unable to provide direction, isn't pulling his weight.
I know how it is, you enjoy the hobby and seek content. some people have learned to profit from that thirst, by providing a mirage.
You will notice that Funk do not provide any objective evidence of any improvement and don't provide any specifications.
The one thing that it CAN do is provide azimuth fine tuning on fixed headshell tonearms without any means of azimuth adjustment.
If it really does what they claim, then they should be able to provide a "before" and "after" analysis of measurements made on the headshell and tonearm bearing with an accelerometer. The reality is that the benefit is highly dependent on the tonearm/bearing design and cartridge quality. Rather than say this outright, they appear to rely on customer curiousity to generate sales.
Anyone with a half-decent system that is properly aligned/setup is unlikely to get any REAL benefit. There may well be a difference in sound (just like using periphery rings) but it may not actually be a genuine "improvement" that can be objectively measured. Most likely it will be due to the change required in tonearm height not being achieved or simply that the offset/overhang is unlikely to be exactly the same as before once the cartridge is removed and realigned.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
I'm sure it makes a difference, mostly in your wallet!
I match my cartridge tonearm combination so they compliment each other, usually some version of a Denon DL-103 cart with a heavy tonearm like a AT-1503 or AT-1501. The heavy tonearm works with the stiff cartridge suspension to get the most out of it. Why would I want to de-couple the cart and tonearm? That makes absolutely no sense to have the cart wobbling around in the headshell, think of all the signal being lost because the generator can't function properly.
Sure, it will sound different, your throwing away a lot of the signal that you purchased with that careful cartridge/tonearm matching!!
$350.00 is a lot to spend to screw up your signal coming from the cartridge. Just make the mounting hardware really loose.
BillWojo
A bit of Glaziers Foam tape is an Excellent cart mount... dead easy and it decouples v effectively.
Removal is merely a razor blade slice away..
Been using this ... for Years .. Happily.
But 'It Ain't what Granpa did' :-)
Consequently Vinyl Weenies don't approve.. Until Some greedy rascal affixes a Massive price to it.
and there were mixed reactions here. It was opposite of the Lynn philosophy of tighten the living piss out of the cart bolts to the tone-arm. Not that was any good either. I'll bet some guys broke a few of them trying it.
Anyway, I don't remember who it was - anybody?
The old one, I think the Cartridgeman sold them.
Anyway, it wasn't worth it. It changed the way the cartridge sounded but didn't improve it.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
Cartridgeman, Sumiko, Maoleshade...
Probably the biggest change the dang thing made was to VTA. That's where any difference in sound came in.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
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