I kēia mau lā aku nei, i ka wā i hoʻolaha ai ʻo Marc Gomez, ke poʻo o Swedish Analog Technologies (SAT, footnote 1), i ʻelua mau leo ​​​​​​mana hou e pani i kāna leo ​​​​mana SAT mua, ua huhū kekahi poʻe heluhelu, a ua komo paha i kahi hoʻopunipuni: "No ke aha ʻo ia i hana ʻole ai i hoʻokahi manawa? Manawa?"
Hoʻomohala nā huahana i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa a laila hoʻokuʻu ʻia e like me kahi papa kuhikuhi (nā kaʻa, maʻamau i ka hāʻule) a i ʻole ke manaʻo nā mea hana-mea hoʻolālā ua "mākaukau" lākou - nā ʻōlelo weliweli no ka mea ʻaʻole i manaʻo kekahi poʻe moeʻuhane ua mākaukau lākou. Ua mākaukau nā hoʻolālā a no laila, mai hoʻokuʻu iā lākou i ka lehulehu, a i ʻole e hoʻokuʻu iā V2 i hoʻokahi mahina ma hope o V1, e hōʻailona i nā mea kūʻai aku, ma kahi o ka ʻae ʻana i nā hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me nā hoʻomaikaʻi e kūkulu i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa a hāʻawi iā V2 i hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha makahiki ma hope.
No ka SAT, ʻo ka tonearm aʻu i loiloi ai, aloha ai, a kūʻai ai, ʻaʻole i ʻike koke ʻia ma ke ʻano hope loa. Ua hōʻike mai ʻo Gomez iaʻu i ka hana mua ma High End ma Munich, a i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala aku nei ua mākaukau ʻo ia e hoʻouna mai iaʻu i kahi loiloi. Ma hope o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o ka manaʻo, ma ka helu 1 o Iulai 2015, i koʻu kahaha, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi manaʻo ma mua o 2013 ma ka pūnaewele e pili ana i kahi SAT ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī i hana ʻia me ka carbon fiber Arm, me ka bearing bracket. (ʻO kaʻu laʻana loiloi he bearing bracket i hana ʻia me ke kila kila.) I kēlā manawa, hana wale ʻo Gomez iā SAT e kauoha, ʻaʻole naʻe ka mea aʻu e kapa aku ai he mea hana.
I koʻu nānā ʻana i ka lima SAT, ua uku ʻia he $28,000. ʻOiai ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe - ka mea i hoʻomau i ka piʻi ʻana i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa - ua kūʻai aku ʻo Gomez ma kahi o 70 mau mea kaua SAT ma mua o ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka hana ʻana. ʻO ia anei ka "Best Tonearm in the World?" e like me ka nīnau a ke poʻo inoa o kēlā kolamu? He mea nui ka nīnau: pehea wau e ʻike ai ʻo ia ka "ʻoi loa"? ʻAʻole au i lohe i kekahi mau mea hoʻokūkū ʻē aʻe, me Vertere Acoustics Reference a me Acoustical Systems Axiom).
Ma hope o ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o ka loiloi a ua pau ka lepo, ua loaʻa iaʻu nā leka he nui mai ka poʻe heluhelu i kūʻai wale i ka lima ma muli o kaʻu loiloi. Ua mau ko lākou hoihoi a me ka ʻoluʻolu - he mea hōʻoluʻolu iaʻu. ʻAʻohe mea kūʻai hoʻokahi i leka uila mai iaʻu e hoʻopiʻi ana e pili ana i ka SAT.
Ua aʻo ʻo Gomez i kekahi mau haʻawina paʻakikī i ka wā o ka hana ʻana o ka lima mua, me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole pili i ke akahele o kāna hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ua hele ka mea hoʻouna ma waho o kona ala e uhaʻi. Ua hana ʻo ia i kekahi mau hoʻololi hana i ka wā o ka hana ʻana, me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana counterweight, a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka bearing pae luna ma kahi kaʻawale no ke kau ʻana ma ke kahua e pale aku i ka pōʻino mai ka haʻalulu (ʻoiai ua haʻi mai ʻo Gomez iaʻu ua hana wale ʻia kēia i hoʻokahi manawa). ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻōlelo ʻana ma mua o ka hana ʻana: pono ia i kahi bracket bearing hou, i māhele hapa ʻia, a me kahi mea hana no ka hoʻouka mua ʻana i nā bearings ma ke kahua.
Akā, ke hana nei ʻo ia i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻē aʻe i nā manawa a pau, no laila i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala ua hoʻōki ʻo Gomez i ka hana ʻana o ka lima SAT mua a ua pani ʻia me ʻelua mau lima hou, ʻo kēlā me kēia he 9 ʻīniha a me 12 ʻīniha ka lōʻihi. ʻO Gomez, ʻaʻohe potchkier (footnote 2), he kekelē laeoʻo ma ke ʻenekinia mechanical a me ka ʻepekema mea, a ʻaʻole i haʻalele i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻoiai nā mea ʻē aʻe e like, ʻae ka tonearm 9″ i ka stylus o ka cartridge e hana i loko o ke groove ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi, hana i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kani ma mua o nā lima 12″ (footnote 3). Eia nō naʻe, makemake kekahi poʻe kūʻai aku i nā lima 12″, a i kekahi mau hihia (no ka laʻana, nā mauna hope no nā turntables Air Force), maikaʻi wale nō ka lima 12 An iniha. He aha? Ua kūʻai maoli anei kekahi i ʻelua mau mea kaua SAT? ʻAe.
ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona hou ʻelua (a ʻehā paha) ʻo ia ka LM-09 (a me LM-12) a me CF1-09 (a me CF1-12) i hōʻike ʻia ma ʻaneʻi. Inaina wau i ka wehewehe ʻana i nā tonearms e kūʻai ʻia aku ana no $25,400 (LM-09) a i ʻole $29,000 (LM-12) he "kūpono ke kumukūʻai", akā ke noʻonoʻo nei i ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana o CF1-09 no $48,000, kūʻai ʻia aku ka CF1-12 no $53,000 a hauʻoli wau me ia. Malia paha ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe, "ʻO ka hele ʻana mai ka hana ʻana i hoʻokahi tonearm i ʻehā he hoʻololi nui ia no kahi hui hoʻokahi kanaka. Malia paha ke kumukūʻai nei ʻo Gomez i ka CF1 i ke kiʻekiʻe loa ʻaʻole pono ʻo ia e hana i nā mea he nui a i ʻole kekahi o lākou."
ʻAʻole au e hilinaʻi i kēlā. Ua maopopo iaʻu e hiki i kekahi mea hiki ke hoʻolilo i $30,000 ma kahi tonearm ke hoʻolilo i $50,000 inā hana nui ia a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. (E ʻoluʻolu, mai kākau i nā leka "Hungry Baby"!)
Ua like loa ke ʻano o nā lima hou o ka SAT me ka SAT mua no ka mea ua like loa lāua: ua hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia a hoʻokō maikaʻi ʻia ka lima mua. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo nā lima 9″ hou ʻelua he mau pani hāʻule no ka SAT mua.
ʻOiai ke hoʻolālā nei i kahi ʻōnaehana bearing ikaika a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hōʻino ʻia i ka wā o ka lawe ʻana, hoʻomaikaʻi pū ʻo Gomez i kāna hana ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻoʻoleʻa holoʻokoʻa a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka friction static o ka bearing. Ma nā lima hou ʻelua, ua nui aʻe ka ʻauamo e kākoʻo ana i nā bearings vertical.
Hoʻolālā hou ʻia nā pūpū poʻo kalapona hiki ke wehe ʻia a me nā pūpū poʻo alumini - he ʻokoʻa no kēlā me kēia lima - me ka ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻopili ʻana a me ka hana rotational ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi no ka hoʻonohonoho azimuth pololei. He mea hou nō hoʻi nā paipu lima. Ua kāpae ʻia nā ʻeke polymer o nā paipu lima mua, a ʻike ʻia ke kalapona kalapona ma lalo. ʻAʻole i wehewehe ʻo Gomez i ke kumu i hana ai ʻo ia, akā malia paha no ka mea hiki i ka lima lima ke waiho i nā māka maikaʻi ʻole i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa - a i ʻole, ʻoi aku ka nui, hana ia no kahi kani maikaʻi aʻe. ʻO kēlā me kēia ala, e hāʻawi ia i kēlā me kēia lima i kahi hiʻohiʻona kū hoʻokahi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu hou aʻe e pili ana i ke ʻano hana kaua hou ma AnalogPlanet.com. Eia ka mea a Gomez i haʻi mai ai iaʻu ma kahi leka uila:
"ʻAʻole he mea ulia ka pae hana o ka mea kaua hou a i ʻole he hopena o ka hana i hana ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka paʻa, akā ʻo ia ka hopena o nā hana hoʻomohala noʻonoʻo a koi nui e hoʻohui pono me nā pahuhopu mua i hoʻokele ʻia e ka paʻa."
"Eia hou, makemake wau e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole wau e hoʻemi ana i ka hana o kekahi kumu hoʻohālike no nā mea ʻē aʻe e kūpono i ke kumukūʻai/hana - ʻaʻole ia koʻu ʻano, a ʻo ka hana ʻana pēlā e hoʻoluhi iaʻu. Akā, ke hoʻāʻo nei au e ʻimi i kahi ala e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hana o ke kumu hoʻohālike kiʻekiʻe. I kēia hihia, he premium ka moʻo CF1 ma ke ʻano o ka hana, ka kū hoʻokahi a me ke kumukūʻai."
Hana ʻia ka LM-09 me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi ʻenehana kūkulu haʻahaʻa hou i hoʻomohala ʻia, me kāna ʻauamo a me nā ʻāpana metala ʻē aʻe i hana ʻia me ka alumini, ma mua o ke kila kila e like me ka lima mua. ʻO ka nui i hoʻemi ʻia e pono ai ka LM-09 e ʻoi aku ka kūpono me nā turntables kau.
ʻO ka hoʻopili ʻana, ka hōʻike ʻana a me ke kūpono ua like ia me ka lima SAT mua. He mea hoihoi loa ka ʻili laumania o ka alumini.
He mau minuke wale nō ia e hoʻokomo ai a hoʻolohe i ke kūkaʻi ʻana i nā lima ma kaʻu papa hoʻololi Continuum Caliburn a hana hou i nā hoʻonohonoho. Eia nō naʻe, e wehe i kahi mea holoi pale mai ka bearing pae haʻahaʻa, i ka wā e hoʻouna ʻia ai, e hoʻokaʻawale i ka piko o ka bearing mai kāna kīʻaha sapphire a hoʻololi i ke kīʻaha bearing luna virtual me ke kīʻaha bearing luna maoli, e hoʻopaʻa iā ia i ka piko a hoʻonohonoho i ka preload, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana e ka mea kūʻai aku. Ua hana au, akā ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu loa.
Ua hoʻohana au i ka MC Century Moving Coil Cartridge a Ortofon, kahi aʻu i hoʻokomo ai no ka loiloi ma ka puke Kepakemapa 2018, a ua ʻike maikaʻi wau i ke kāʻei i kēlā manawa. Akā ma mua o kēlā, ua hoʻolohe au i ke mele poʻo inoa o Davy Spillane's Atlantic Bridge (LP, Tara 3019) a hana i kahi hoʻopaʻa leo 24-bit/96kHz. Hōʻike ia iā Spillane ma ka paipu uilleann a me ka whistle bass, ʻo Béla Fleck ma ka guitar acoustic a me ka banjo, ʻo Jerry Douglas ma Dobro, ʻo Eoghan O'Neill ma ka bass uila fretless, a me bodhran Christy Moore, et al. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hui pū ʻia me ka maikaʻi ma Lansdowne Studios ma Dublin, loaʻa i ka album nā bass kupaianaha, hohonu, punchy, nā transients i kaha maikaʻi ʻia ma nā kaula - ua hopu pono ʻia nā banjos - a me ka leʻaleʻa leo hou aku, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ma luna o kahi kahua nui. Pono kekahi e hoʻopuka hou i kēia!
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o ka SAT mua a me Ortofon MC Century kekahi o nā hana hou maikaʻi loa o ka hoʻopaʻa leo 1987 aʻu i lohe ai, ʻoiai no kona mana bass a me ka mana. Ua kau au i kahi SAT LM-09 hou a hoʻokani a hoʻopaʻa hou i ke mele.
Maopopo iaʻu kāu manaʻo. Inā ʻoe e ʻōlelo i kekahi ʻano ʻē aʻe: "nui nā LP preventions kahiko e kani maikaʻi ana ma mua o nā mea hou he nui", a laila ua ʻae loa wau me ʻoe.
ʻAe, ke haʻi mai nei koʻu mau pepeiao ʻeleʻele iaʻu he nui nā mīkini paʻi LP kahiko e kani maikaʻi ana ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea hou.
Manaʻo wau he pilikia ia me ka hoʻopaʻa leo haku, ʻaʻole ke kaomi ponoʻī. I ka wā ma mua, ʻo nā ʻōmole hakahaka wale nō nā mea uila i loaʻa, a i kēia manawa ua nui nā ʻenehana kikohoʻe/paʻa-kūlana i hoʻohana ʻia ma o ka hoʻopaʻa leo mic/mixing/master.
Ma ke ʻano leo, ʻike wau ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kani ʻana o kēlā mau LP mele mele kahiko stereo/mono aʻu e loaʻa ai (ma kahi o 1,000+) ma nā mea kahiko (1960s) ma ke ʻano o ka OPENness, airiness, a me ka realism. ʻAʻohe o kaʻu mau moʻolelo i haku ʻia ma ke ʻano kikohoʻe he 30+ i kani maikaʻi, e like me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana i loko o kahi pahu, ʻoiai ua kani maopopo lākou a pau, maʻemaʻe, punchy a "pololei" kikohoʻe.
E like me kaʻu i kau ai ma ka Phono Forum ma aneʻi, ua hoʻokani mua wau i kahi LP lepili Masters Colombian kahiko na Richard Tucker i ka wā i hoʻokani ai au i ka Vienna State Opera Orchestra i alakaʻi ʻia e Pierre Dervaux no ka manawa mua: French opera aria, ua kahaha nui wau. (1960s?) Ua ʻike maoli wau iaʻu iho e noho ana ma waenakonu o nā lālani 3 mua o ka hale oera (koʻu noho punahele: nā lālani 10-13 kikowaena). Kani maikaʻi loa ka hana, wehe, ikaika a hoihoi. Auē! E like me Turner (he kamaʻāina mai Brooklyn, NY) e mele ana ma luna pono oʻu ma ke kahua. ʻAʻole au i loaʻa i kahi leʻaleʻa hana ola ma ka home ma mua.
ʻAʻole au i kūʻai i kahi moʻolelo vinyl i nā makahiki he ʻumi, akā pono wau e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole maikaʻi loa ka mīkini paʻi kahiko. (Aia kekahi mau ʻokoʻa, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia paha ke kumu i kaupalena ai ka HP kahiko iā ia iho i Vintage Living Presence).
Me he mea lā ua kūʻai ʻo Mr. Kasim i ka mīkini paʻi i loaʻa a ke kūkulu hou nei i ka nui o ka hiki. Kūʻai aku ʻo ia i kāna mau moʻolelo vinyl hou no $30 a $100 pākahi.
He hana leʻaleʻa pipiʻi loa ka vinyl i kēia manawa! (ʻAʻole i kūʻai haʻahaʻa ʻia kaʻu Koetsus o nā makahiki 1980, i kūʻai mua ʻia no $1,000).
Ua hoʻohana au i koʻu mau pepeiao a me koʻu poʻo e hauʻoli i ka vinyl me ka ʻole o ka uhaki ʻana i kaʻu waihona kālā!
Malia paha ʻo kēia ka loulou i manaʻo ʻia: “https://swedishat.com/SAT%209%22%20vs%2012%22%20paper.pdf”