1. It's All About Vinyl
Record Player, Record Deck, Turntable
1. The Platter (Main Platter or Sub Platter)
2. Heavy or Light Platter on Heavy or Light Chassis
3. Suspended or Rigid Chassis Design
4. Platter Bearing, Platter Mats, Record Clamp or Weight, Outer Ring Clamps
5. Belt, Belt Drive / Direct Drive, Plinth Mounted Motor / Outboard Motor, The Plinth
6. Where to Place Your Turntable
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The Stylus - Shapes, Types
1. Why are some Styli & Cartridges more expensive than others ?
2. Shapes & Types, Conical / Spherical, Elliptical / Hyperelliptical Bi or Dual Radial
3. Advanced Stylus Shapes, Line Contact, Fine Line, Micro-Line, Micro-Ridge, Shibata, Stereohedron
4. Reasons for Investing and Upgrading your Cartridge and Stylus
5. The Vinyl Groove, The Cutting Engineer, RIAA Equalisation Curve
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The Stylus - Needle in the Groove
Stylus alignment settings
1. Zenith
2. Azimuth
3. SRA / VTA
4. VTF
5. Antiskating / Bias
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The Cartridge - Moving Magnet or Coil
1. How a cartridge operates
2. The Moving Magnet & Moving Coil Cartridge
3. Moving Magnet & Moving Coil Designs
4. There are three types of Moving Coil Cartridges, Low, Medium, High output
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The Cartridge - The Assembly
An electromagnetic generator otherwise known as a cartridge, can be divided into 4 separate sections.
(1) Physical - Cartridge Body, Cartridge Weight, Cartridge Size
(2) Mechanical - Stylus Type, Stylus Radius, Cantilever Material, Tracking Force, Tracking Ability, Compliance,
Resonant Frequency, Desired Resonant Frequency
(3) Electrical - Cartridge Type, Cartridge Output Voltage, Cartridge Output Impedance,
Phono Stage Load Impedance / Resistance and Capacitance
(4) Audio - Frequency Response, Channel Balance, Channel Separation
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The Tonearm - Shapes & Sizes
Tonearm Sections
(1) The cartridge mounting point or head shell position.
(2) The arm or wand.
(3) Tonearm Bearing or Unipivot point.
(4) Counter weight.
Tonearm Designs: 9” 10” 12” I, J or S type
Tonearm Bearing Designs, Parallel, Gimbal - Ball, Knife and Jewelled, UniPivot, Magnetic
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The Tonearm - Geometry & terms
1. Cartridge & Stylus Alignment, Tangential or Zero Tracking Error, Geometrical Arcs
2. Löfgren A/B - Baerwald - Stevenson Inner & Outer Null Points
3. Pivot to Spindle Distance, Effective Length, Overhang
4. Zenith Offset Angle, Linear Offset, Inner & Outer Groove Radius
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The Phonostage
1. The Vinyl Groove, The Cutting Engineer and the RIAA Pre-Emphasis Equalisation Curve
2. The Equaliser Section and the RIAA De-Emphasis Playback Equalisation Curve
3. Line Amplifier Section and Electrical Specifications
4. Input Settings for a Moving Magnet & Moving Coil Cartridge,
5. Impedance / Resistance, Capacitance & Gain Settings, Adjusting The Settings
6. Room Acoustics and how they effect your choice of settings
7. Low and Medium Output Moving Coil Cartridges & Step-Up Transformers
8. Why use a Step-Up Transformer
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Hifiology - Quicklinks - Click On The Links Below
It's All About Vinyl
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/its-all-about-vinyl/
It’s All About Stereo - Part 1
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/blog-1/hifiology-its-all-about-stereo-part-1/
It’s All About Stereo - Part 2
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/blog-1/hifiology-its-all-about-stereo-part-2/
It’s All About Vibration & Resonance
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/blog-1/hifiology-its-all-about-vibration-resonance/
Record Player, Record Deck, Turntable
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/record-player-record-deck-turntable/
The Stylus - Shapes, Types
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/the-stylus-shapes-types/
The Stylus - Needle in the Groove
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/the-stylus-needle-in-the-groove/
The Cartridge - Moving Magnet or Coil
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/the-cartridge-moving-magnet-or-coil/
The Cartridge - The Assembly
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/the-cartridge-the-assembly/
The Tonearm - Shapes & Sizes
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/the-tonearm-shapes-sizes/
The Tonearm - Geometry & terms
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/the-tonearm-geometry-terms/
The Phonostage
https://www.thelisteningsuite.ie/the-phono-stage/