I assume that's some form of air bearing tone arm Mik.
Interesting ! Is it normal to have the motor off-board in that position on that N.A. deck ( Ace Space with Dais platter?) or is there a cut out at the rear for it?
Reason I ask is that I'm currently using my motor in that position on my Dais to get it away from the cart.
A pic with it playing a record might go some way to undoing my utter confusion on how that works!
Silicone damping trough at the cartridge end.
Although I didn't get on with the one I had, that looks really nice - partly due to the decent photography.
A pic with it playing a record might go some way to undoing my utter confusion on how that works!
The silicon trough pivots to allow you to put on a record. It basically provides support and damping at the headshell which will change the resonant modes of the arm. Max Townsend thought it improved arm performance, not everyone else agreed.
What a fantastic collection of rare Japanese exotica. I presume you have also cornered the market in rocking horse pooh
I've never been comfortable with the idea of an exposed pool of silicon fluid in my living room......
It puts me off the Well Tempered decks, too.
Thanks. Yes, I Googled to find out more, and now realise that's a trough, not a rubber band construction as I had thought from the posted pic.
I'm no TT engineer, but intuitively that seems to add drag to the swing of the tone arm that can't be right?
Well iirc the SME V arm I had when I had an Orbe also had a trough for silicone fluid to damp the arm but it was near the base not the headshell
At least with the WT deck you can improve your golf swing .