Kwanan nan, lokacin da Marc Gomez, shugaban Swedish Analog Technologies (SAT, ƙasidar ƙasa ta 1), ya sanar da sabbin kayan shafa guda biyu don maye gurbin kayan shafa na SAT na asali, wasu masu karatu sun fusata, ko kuma sun yi ƙarya: "Me yasa bai yi daidai sau ɗaya ba? Lokaci?"
Kayayyaki suna canzawa akan lokaci sannan a sake su bisa ga jadawalin (motoci, yawanci a lokacin kaka) ko kuma lokacin da masu ƙira-masana'antun ke tunanin sun "shirye" - maganganu masu ban tsoro saboda wasu masu mafarkin ba su taɓa tunanin sun kasance ba. Tsarin sun shirya don haka ba sa sake su ga jama'a, ko kuma su sake V2 wata ɗaya bayan V1, su yi wa abokan ciniki alama, maimakon barin gyare-gyare da haɓakawa su taru akan lokaci kuma su isar da V2 shekara ɗaya ko biyu bayan haka.
Dangane da SAT, sautin da na sake dubawa, na ƙaunace shi, kuma na saya bai bayyana ba kwatsam a cikin tsari na ƙarshe. Gomez ya nuna mini farkon maimaitawa a High End a Munich, kuma shekara guda da ta gabata ya ji a shirye ya aiko min da sharhi. Bayan an buga sharhin, a fitowa ta 1 ta Yuli 2015, abin mamaki, na sami wani sharhi a farkon 2013 akan layi game da SAT mafi inganci wanda aka yi gaba ɗaya da carbon fiber Arm, gami da bearing bracket. (Samfurin bita na yana da bearing bracket da aka yi da bakin ƙarfe.) A lokacin, Gomez kawai yana yin SAT don yin oda, ba tukuna abin da zan kira masana'anta ba.
Lokacin da na kalli bangaren SAT, ya kai dala $28,000. Duk da tsadar da aka samu - wanda ya ci gaba da hauhawa a kan lokaci - Gomez daga ƙarshe ya sayar da makamai kusan 70 na SAT kafin ya dakatar da samarwa. Shin shine "Mafi Kyawun Tonearm a Duniya?" kamar yadda taken wannan shafi ya yi? Alamar tambaya tana da mahimmanci: ta yaya zan san cewa shine "mafi kyau"? Ban ji labarin wasu masu fafatawa ba, gami da Vertere Acoustics Reference da Acoustical Systems Axiom).
Bayan an buga bitar kuma ƙurar ta lafa, na sami saƙonni da yawa daga masu karatu waɗanda suka sayi hannun jarin bisa ga bitar da na yi. Sha'awarsu da gamsuwarsu sun kasance iri ɗaya - abin farin ciki a gare ni. Babu ko ɗaya daga cikin masu siye da ya aiko min da korafi game da SAT.
Gomez ya koyi wasu darussa masu wahala yayin samar da hannun farko, gami da gaskiyar cewa komai yadda ya tattara shi da kyau, mai jigilar kaya ya yi iya ƙoƙarinsa don ya karya shi. Ya yi wasu canje-canje a aiki yayin samarwa, gami da inganta tsarin rage nauyi, da kuma tattara bearing na sama daban don shigar da filin don guje wa lalacewa daga girgiza (kodayake Gomez ya gaya mini cewa wannan ya faru sau ɗaya kawai). Na ƙarshen ya fi sauƙi a faɗi fiye da aikatawa: yana buƙatar sabon maƙallin bearing, wanda aka raba shi kaɗan, da kayan aiki don shigar da bearing ɗin daidai a filin.
Amma yana yin wasu gyare-gyare a kowane lokaci, don haka a ƙarshen shekarar da ta gabata Gomez ya daina samar da hannun SAT na asali ya maye gurbinsa da sabbin hannaye biyu, kowannensu yana da inci 9 da tsawon inci 12. Gomez, ba shi da potchkier (bayanin ƙafa 2), yana da digiri na biyu a fannin injiniyan injiniya da kimiyyar kayan aiki, kuma bai yi watsi da ikirarinsa ba cewa, duk da cewa wasu abubuwa daidai ne, hannun tonearm mai inci 9 yana ba wa stylus na harsashin ya yi aiki a cikin ramin. Yana da kyau fiye da hannaye masu inci 12 (bayanin ƙafa 3). Duk da haka, wasu abokan ciniki suna son hannaye masu inci 12, kuma a wasu lokuta (misali, kayan haɗin baya don turntables na Sojojin Sama), hannu mai inci 12 kawai yana da kyau. Menene? ​​Shin wani ya sayi makamai biyu na SAT da gaske? Eh.
Sabbin samfura guda biyu (ko huɗu) sune LM-09 (da LM-12) da CF1-09 (da CF1-12) da aka gabatar a nan. Ba na son kwatanta tonearms da ake sayarwa akan $25,400 (LM-09) ko $29,000 (LM-12) a matsayin "mai araha", amma idan aka yi la'akari da CF1-09 ana sayar da shi akan $48,000, CF1-12 ana sayar da shi akan $53,000 kuma ina farin ciki da shi. Wataƙila kuna tunanin, "Daga yin tonearm ɗaya zuwa huɗu babban canji ne ga kamfani ɗaya. Wataƙila Gomez yana farashin CF1 mai tsada har ba sai ya sami da yawa ko ɗaya daga cikinsu ba."
Ba zan dogara da hakan ba. Ina da tabbacin cewa duk wanda zai iya kashe dala $30,000 akan tonearm zai iya kashe dala $50,000 idan yana aiki sosai har ma ya inganta. (Don Allah kar a rubuta haruffan "Hungry Baby"!)
Sabbin hannayen SAT suna kama da na asali na SAT saboda suna da kama sosai: hannun asali da kansa an tsara shi da kyau kuma an aiwatar da shi da kyau. A gaskiya ma, duka sabbin hannayen 9" suna maye gurbin SAT na asali.
Yayin da yake tsara tsarin bearing mai ƙarfi wanda ba shi da sauƙin lalacewa yayin jigilar kaya, Gomez kuma yana inganta aikinsa ta hanyar ƙara tauri gabaɗaya da rage gogayya mai tsauri ta bearing. A cikin sabbin hannayen biyu, karkiyar da ke tallafawa bearing masu tsaye ta zama babba.
Sabbin hannayen sun haɗa da sake fasalin zare na carbon da za a iya cirewa da kuma harsashin kan aluminum - waɗanda suka bambanta ga kowane hannu - tare da ƙarin tauri da kuma aikin juyawa mai santsi don ƙarin daidaitaccen saitin azimuth. Bututun hannu suma sababbi ne. An cire hannun polymer na bututun hannu na asali, kuma ana iya ganin zaren carbon da ke ƙasa. Gomez bai bayyana dalilin da ya sa ya yi hakan ba, amma wataƙila saboda wurin riƙe hannu na iya barin alamomi marasa kyau akan lokaci - ko kuma, wataƙila, yana haifar da sauti mafi kyau. Ko ta yaya, zai ba wa kowane hannu kallo na musamman.
Za ku iya karanta ƙarin bayani game da sabon tsarin makamai a AnalogPlanet.com. Ga abin da Gomez ya gaya mini a cikin imel:
"Matsayin aikin sabon makamin ba wai ba ne na bazata ko kuma sakamakon aikin da aka yi don inganta ƙarfi ba, amma sakamakon sake fasalin ci gaba mai zurfi da kuma buƙatar ci gaba wanda ya haɗu da manufofin asali masu ƙarfi."
"Kuma, ina so in bayyana a sarari cewa ba da gangan nake rage aikin wani samfurin don fifita wasu don dacewa da farashin/aikin ba - wannan ba salona bane, kuma yin hakan zai sa ni jin rashin jin daɗi. Madadin haka, Ina ƙoƙarin nemo hanyar inganta aikin babban samfurin. A wannan yanayin, jerin CF1 yana da fifiko dangane da aiki, keɓancewa da farashi.
An ƙera LM-09 ta amfani da sabuwar dabarar gini mai araha, tare da yoke da sauran sassan ƙarfe da aka yi da aluminum, maimakon bakin ƙarfe kamar hannun asali. Rage nauyi ya kamata ya sa LM-09 ya fi dacewa da na'urorin juyawa masu rataye.
Marufi, gabatarwa da dacewa iri ɗaya ne da hannun SAT na asali. Tsarin santsi na aluminum yana da kyau sosai.
Sai da na ɗauki mintuna kaɗan kafin na saka shi na kuma saurari yadda zan canza hannayen a kan teburin Continuum Caliburn dina sannan in sake maimaita saitunan. Duk da haka, cire na'urar wanki mai kariya daga ƙananan bearing ɗin da ke kwance, yayin jigilar kaya, raba ƙarshen bearing ɗin daga kofin sapphire ɗinsa kuma a maye gurbin kofin bearing na sama da ainihin kofin bearing na sama, a ɗaure shi a kan tip ɗin sannan a saita preload, dillalin ya fi kyau ya yi. Na yi shi, amma bai yi daɗi sosai ba.
Na yi amfani da Cartridge na MC Century Moving Coil na Ortofon, wanda na sanya don dubawa a fitowar Satumba ta 2018, kuma na san harsashin sosai a lokacin. Amma kafin haka, na saurari waƙar taken Davy Spillane's Atlantic Bridge (LP, Tara 3019) kuma na yi rikodin 24-bit/96kHz. Yana ɗauke da Spillane akan bututu da busasshen bass na uilleann, Béla Fleck akan guitar acoustic da banjo, Jerry Douglas akan Dobro, Eoghan O'Neill akan bass na lantarki mara ƙarfi, da bodhran Christy Moore, da sauransu. An yi rikodin kuma an haɗa shi da kyau a Lansdowne Studios da ke Dublin, kundin yana da bass masu ban mamaki, masu zurfi, masu ƙarfi, da kuma transients masu kyau akan igiyoyi - banjos ɗin an kama su sosai - da ƙarin jin daɗin sauti, duk an shimfiɗa su a kan babban dandamali. Ya kamata wani ya sake buga wannan!
Haɗakar ainihin SAT da Ortofon MC Century yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun kwafi na rikodin 1987 da na taɓa ji, musamman saboda ƙarfin bass da ikon sarrafa shi. Na saka sabon SAT LM-09 na sake kunna kuma na sake yin rikodin waƙar.
Na fahimci abin da kake nufi. Idan ka faɗi haka a wata hanya: "tsofaffin danne LP har yanzu suna da kyau fiye da sababbi da yawa", to na yarda da kai gaba ɗaya.
Eh, kunnuwana da suka yi rauni suna gaya mini cewa tsofaffin mashinan LP da yawa har yanzu suna da kyau idan aka kwatanta da sababbi.
Ina tsammanin matsala ce da rikodin master, ba matsin lamba da kansa ba. A da, bututun injinan lantarki ne kawai ake da su, kuma yanzu akwai fasahar dijital/solid-state da ake amfani da ita a duk lokacin rikodin mic/haɗawa/master.
A taƙaice, na ga cewa waɗannan tsoffin waƙoƙin sitiriyo/waƙoƙin gargajiya guda ɗaya da nake samu (kimanin 1,000+) sun fi kyau a kan tsofaffin waƙoƙi (1960s) dangane da BUƊEWA, iska, da kuma gaskiya. Babu ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙin da na kware a fannin dijital da suka yi kama da waɗanda suka yi kyau, kamar an killace su a cikin akwati, duk da cewa duk sun yi kama da waɗanda suka yi kama da waɗanda aka keɓe a cikin akwati, duk da cewa duk sun yi kama da waɗanda aka "yi daidai" a zahiri.
Kamar yadda na buga a Phono Forum a nan, na fara buga wani tsohon wasan kwaikwayo na Colombian Masters mai suna LP na Richard Tucker lokacin da na buga Vienna State Opera Orchestra wanda Pierre Dervaux ya jagoranta a karon farko: Faransa opera aria, na yi mamaki sosai. (shekaru 1960?) A zahiri na sami kaina zaune a tsakiyar layuka 3 na farko na gidan oera (kujera da na fi so: layuka 10-13 a tsakiya). Wasan kwaikwayon yana da kyau, a buɗe, mai ƙarfi da jan hankali. Kai! Kamar Turner (ɗan asalin Brooklyn, NY) yana waƙa a sama da ni a kan dandamali. Ban taɓa samun irin wannan jin daɗin wasan kwaikwayo kai tsaye a gida ba a da.
Ban sayi rikodin vinyl ba tsawon shekaru da yawa, amma har yanzu dole in ce tsohon injin buga littattafai bai taɓa yin kyau haka ba. (Akwai keɓancewa, ba shakka, wanda wataƙila shine dalilin da ya sa tsohon HP ya takaita kansa ga Vintage Living Presence).
Da alama Mista Kasim ya sayi na'urar buga littattafai da ake da ita kuma yana sake ginawa gwargwadon iyawarsa. Yana sayar da sabbin faifan vinyl ɗinsa akan dala $30 zuwa $100 kowannensu.
Vinyl yanzu abin sha'awa ne mai tsada sosai! (Koetsus na shekarun 1980 bai taɓa yin arha ba, da farko ana sayar da shi akan $1,000).
Na yi amfani da kunnuwana da kaina don jin daɗin vinyl ba tare da na karya asusun banki na ba!
Wataƙila wannan ita ce hanyar haɗin da ake tsammani: "https://swedishat.com/SAT%209%22%20vs%2012%22%20paper.pdf"