http://antiquerecordplayers.info/is-having-a-counterweight-tonearm-important-on-record-player.htm Wed, 23 May 2012 08:55:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/is-having-a-counterweight-tonearm-important-on-record-player.htm/comment-page-1#comment-456 addison1977@rocketmail.com Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:57:24 +0000 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/is-having-a-counterweight-tonearm-important-on-record-player.htm#comment-456 Yeah, you want a happy medium between enough downforce to stop the needle jumping or skipping, but not enough to wear out your records quicker. The biggest factors are weight, and drive type. You want belt driven (because the belt soaks up vibrations from the motor. DJ decks are direct drive, because they need the torque, but for HIFI you don't), and the heavier the better (soaks up extraneous vibrations, and just an indicator of better quality in general - as with all HIFI gear). Yeah, you want a happy medium between enough downforce to stop the needle jumping or skipping, but not enough to wear out your records quicker. The biggest factors are weight, and drive type. You want belt driven (because the belt soaks up vibrations from the motor. DJ decks are direct drive, because they need the torque, but for HIFI you don't), and the heavier the better (soaks up extraneous vibrations, and just an indicator of better quality in general - as with all HIFI gear).

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