I wished to try that mod long time ago.
Here are some pics of my work of this afternoon :
I have only a 5mm brass tube and not the U-shaped piece of brass. It makes no difference, I can do exactly the same job with the tube.
Here are some pics of my work of this afternoon :
I have only a 5mm brass tube and not the U-shaped piece of brass. It makes no difference, I can do exactly the same job with the tube.
First listening this morning :
Without the damping material and without bonding, just to listen without and with the bar.
Just one word : splendid !
For peanuts, the work is worth while.
One example :
In the first movement there are pizzicati in the right channel, without it is only noise and spitting, with there is music.
Without the damping material and without bonding, just to listen without and with the bar.
Just one word : splendid !
For peanuts, the work is worth while.
One example :
In the first movement there are pizzicati in the right channel, without it is only noise and spitting, with there is music.
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Are you changing your tracking weight at all after you put the bar across the front of your cartridge or do you leave it as-is?
So wouldn't you achieve the same effect as just increasing the vtf? If you are adding weight to the end of arm (to the cartridge itself) and leaving the vtf as it was previously, you are in effect just increasing the downward pressure on the stylus, thus increasing the vtf.
Am I off base here in the overall impact of this modification?
Am I off base here in the overall impact of this modification?
Right !
The bar weights 2.56g as you can see on the photo.
Then of course you need to redo the setup, horizontality and so on ...
But you apply the same VTF at the end of the setup.
Ok, I understand now.... you aren't dumping 2.5g more at the end of the arm and not adjusting your counter weight. You rebalance it to the correct weight. Gotcha... thanks for the clarification.
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Longhorn mod instructions from Audio Basics Newsletter Volume one number four April 1982.
Longhorn mod instructions from Audio Basics Newsletter Volume one number four April 1982.
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