3dzapper Posted September 9, 2003 Share Posted September 9, 2003 I was reading today at: http://www.avahifi.com/root/audio_basics/ab_pdf/ab1982.pdf The authur Frank Van Alstine, is a noted audio designer. He is talking about tone arm/cartridge/base resonance in a turntable. He advocates a "longhorn" added to the cartridge.( His longhorn is a weighted length of small brass tube glued to the front of the cartridge.) Now, I didn't want to make my tone arm look like a "hooey stick" but, some of his other thoughts made a lot of sense. Like the fit of the stylus assembly where it mates to the cartridge. It's loose! A loose connection must loose response he says and I agreed. So I took his advice and removed the dust brush from my Shure V15IV. Then took some rope-a-dope caulking and caulked the stylus to the cartridge being very careful to keep it away from the cantlever. Then I put a little in the headshell where it can't be seen. Holy attack rate Batman! Can you say dramatic? I played the same recording before and after the damping, a direct-disc and wow. Then I put on Cat Stevens "Teaser and The Firecat" The improvement was well worth the little effort. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
middlecreekguy Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Informative link. There are lots of threads on caulking speakers in these archives. Your link does a better than average job of explaining how and why it works. Caulk on the cartridge? I would have never thought of that one, but it makes a lot of since to me now. Again, good link. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted September 10, 2003 Author Share Posted September 10, 2003 Just trying out my new sig. Listening to Genya Ravan and Ten Wheel Drive. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I have a complete ( or essentially so ) set of Frank's newsletters. He provides a good deal of very useful information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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