Feanor
12-12-2006, 07:29 AM
Folks here seem to know what they're talking about! Some I'm going to ask around the issue of compliance.
I've heard around here that a low compliance cartridge is best with the relatively massive tonearm on Technics SL-D2. How do I know whether a cartridge is low compliance. Problem is the specifications are missing or difficult to interpret in many case.
Most common specifications look like:
<VALUE>{value} x10<SUP>-6</SUP>cm/mN -- "times ten to the power of minus 6 centimeters per milli-Newton"
{value} μm/dyne --"micrometers per dyne"
{value} mm/N -- "millimeters per Newton"These, at least, can be converted to a common base, (i.e. 1 Newton = 100 dyne; μm = 10<SUP>-6</SUP>m; mm = 10<SUP>-3</SUP>m; cm = 10<SUP>-2</SUP>m), although it's a pain in the butt. :incazzato:
But I seen other weird stuff. For example Grado shows compliance as CUs {value}. What the hЄll !?! :confused:
But basically the lower, (smaller), value means lower compliance, right??<VALUE>
I've heard around here that a low compliance cartridge is best with the relatively massive tonearm on Technics SL-D2. How do I know whether a cartridge is low compliance. Problem is the specifications are missing or difficult to interpret in many case.
Most common specifications look like:
<VALUE>{value} x10<SUP>-6</SUP>cm/mN -- "times ten to the power of minus 6 centimeters per milli-Newton"
{value} μm/dyne --"micrometers per dyne"
{value} mm/N -- "millimeters per Newton"These, at least, can be converted to a common base, (i.e. 1 Newton = 100 dyne; μm = 10<SUP>-6</SUP>m; mm = 10<SUP>-3</SUP>m; cm = 10<SUP>-2</SUP>m), although it's a pain in the butt. :incazzato:
But I seen other weird stuff. For example Grado shows compliance as CUs {value}. What the hЄll !?! :confused:
But basically the lower, (smaller), value means lower compliance, right??<VALUE>