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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: Lithuania enters the game: Reed 12" Tonearm
Post Subject: The fantasies about the wand’s mass.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 12/6/2009
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 perrew wrote:
FWIW Ive heard people with Reed arms like the Red Cedar, which is also the cheapest alternative, arm wands due to neutral sound.The Panzerholz is heavier and some think might be too heavy for 12" arm.

I never understood all those conversations about heavier wands or lighter wands… What all this silliness came from? The Mass of the wand, along with mass of cartridge, shell and the shit that we pile up sometimes in shell make the effective mass of the whole construction. The effective mass talks to cartridge compliance. That is it. If you have wand with less mass then juts add a few grams to shell. There is absolutely no advantage or disadvantage of light or heavy wand. You have too heavy wand – juts add more mass on the other side of tonearm. The few grams of the wand difference does not make any affect to dynamic balance of arm. The material, stiffness and construction of wand do but mass do not.

 perrew wrote:
what does the 3012 do better than the FR-66s arm?/P

It is incorrect question to ask. The right question shall be: what 3012 does bad that it need to be “improved” by FR-66s ?

The Cat

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