Kutshanje, xa uMarc Gomez, intloko yeSwedish Analog Technologies (SAT, umbhalo osemazantsi 1), ebhengeza izixhobo ezimbini ezintsha zokufaka i-tonearm endaweni yesixhobo sakhe sokuqala se-SAT, abanye abafundi bacaphuka, okanye bathetha inkohliso: “Kutheni engazange akwenze kakuhle kube kanye? Lixesha?”
Iimveliso ziyaguquka ngokuhamba kwexesha zize zikhutshwe ngokweshedyuli (iimoto, ngesiqhelo ekwindla) okanye xa abavelisi-abayili becinga ukuba "zilungile" - izicatshulwa ezoyikisayo kuba abanye abaphuphi abazange bacinge ukuba zilungile. Uyilo lulungile ngoko ke ungaze ulukhuphele eluntwini, okanye ukhuphele i-V2 inyanga emva kwe-V1, phawula umthengi, endaweni yokuvumela uphuculo kunye nophuculo ukuba lukhule ngokuhamba kwexesha, kwaye unikezele i-V2 emva konyaka okanye emibini.
Ngokuphathelele i-SAT, i-tonearm endayihlola, ndayithanda, ndaza ndayithenga ayizange ivele ngequbuliso ikwimo egqityiweyo. UGomez wandibonisa ukuphinda-phinda kwangoko eHigh End eMunich, kwaye kunyaka ophelileyo waziva ekulungele ukundithumelela uphononongo. Emva kokuba uluvo lupapashwe, kwinqaku loku-1 likaJulayi 2015, okwandimangalisayo kukuba, ndifumene uluvo lwangaphambili luka-2013 kwi-intanethi malunga ne-SAT ephucukileyo kakhulu eyenziwe ngokupheleleyo nge-carbon fiber Arm, kuquka ne-bearing bracket. (Isampulu yam yophononongo yayine-bearing bracket eyenziwe ngentsimbi engagqwali.) Ngelo xesha, uGomez wayesenza i-SAT ukuze ayi-odole, kungekhona oko ndingakubiza ngokuba ngumenzi.
Xa ndijonga ingalo ye-SAT, ixabisa i-$28,000. Nangona ixabiso liphezulu - elaqhubeka linyuka ngokuhamba kwexesha - uGomez ekugqibeleni uthengise izixhobo ze-SAT ezimalunga nama-70 ngaphambi kokuba ayeke ukuvelisa. Ngaba yi-"Tonearm Engcono Kakhulu Ehlabathini?" njengoko isihloko saloo kholamu sibuza? Uphawu lombuzo lubalulekile: ndingazi njani ukuba "yeyona ilungileyo"? Andikaze ndive ngabanye abakhuphisana nabo, kuquka i-Vertere Acoustics Reference kunye ne-Acoustical Systems Axiom).
Emva kokuba uphononongo lupapashwe kwaye uthuli luphelile, ndifumene imiyalezo emininzi evela kubafundi abasandula ukuthenga ingalo ngokusekelwe kuphononongo lwam. Inzondelelo nolwaneliseko lwabo beluhlala luhleli - oko kwandinika isiqabu. Akukho mthengi undithumelele i-imeyile ekhalaza nge-SAT.
UGomez wafunda izifundo ezinzima ngexesha lokwenziwa kwengalo yokuqala, kuquka nokuba nokuba wayipakisha ngononophelo kangakanani na, umthumeli wafumana iindlela zokuyiqhekeza. Wenza utshintsho oluthile lokusebenza ngexesha lokuveliswa, kuquka ukuphucula inkqubo yokulinganisa ubunzima, kunye nokupakisha i-bearing ephezulu ethe tyaba ngokwahlukeneyo ukuze ifakwe ebaleni ukuze kuthintelwe umonakalo ovela ekungcangcazeleni (nangona uGomez endixelela ukuba oku kwenzeke kube kanye kuphela). Oku kokugqibela kulula ukutsho kunokukwenza: kufuna i-bracket entsha, eyahlulwe kancinci, kunye nesixhobo sokulayisha ngokuchanekileyo ii-bearing ebaleni.
Kodwa ebesoloko esenza ezinye izinto ezintsha ngalo lonke ixesha, kangangokuba ngasekupheleni konyaka ophelileyo uGomez wayeka ukuvelisa ingalo yokuqala ye-SAT waza wayitshintsha ngeengalo ezimbini ezintsha, nganye inomlinganiselo wee-intshi ezili-9 kunye nee-intshi ezili-12 ubude. UGomez, ongekho kwi-potchkier (umbhalo osemazantsi 2), une-master's degree kwi-mechanical engineering kunye ne-materials science, kwaye akakayeki ukuthetha kwakhe ukuba, ezinye izinto zilingana, i-tonearm ye-9″ ivumela i-stylus ye-cartridge ukuba isebenze kwindawo evulekileyo. Ingcono, ivelisa iziphumo ezingcono. Isandi singcono kuneengalo ezili-12″ (umbhalo osemazantsi 3). Nangona kunjalo, abanye abathengi bafuna iingalo ezili-12″, kwaye kwezinye iimeko (umzekelo, ii-back mounts zee-Air Force turntables), kuphela iingalo ezili-12 intshi enye zilungile. Yintoni? Ngaba umntu uthenge izixhobo ezimbini ze-SAT? Ewe.
Iimodeli ezimbini (okanye ezine) ezintsha yi-LM-09 (kunye ne-LM-12) kunye ne-CF1-09 (kunye ne-CF1-12) ezivezwe apha. Andithandi ukuchaza ii-tonearms ezithengiswa nge-$25,400 (LM-09) okanye i-$29,000 (LM-12) njenge "ezifikelelekayo", kodwa xa ucinga ukuba i-CF1-09 ithengiswa nge-$48,000, i-CF1-12 ithengiswa nge-$53,000 kwaye ndonwabile ngayo. Mhlawumbi ucinga, "Ukusuka ekwenzeni i-tonearm enye ukuya kwezine lutshintsho olukhulu kwinkampani yomntu omnye. Mhlawumbi uGomez uxabisa i-CF1 kakhulu kangangokuba akanyanzelekanga ukuba enze ezininzi okanye naziphi na zazo."
Andinakuthembela kuloo nto. Ndiqinisekile ukuba nabani na onokukwazi ukuchitha i-$30,000 kwi-tonearm angasebenzisa i-$50,000 ukuba isebenza kakuhle kwaye iba ngcono. (Nceda ungabhali iileta ezithi “Hungry Baby”!)
Iingalo ezintsha ze-SAT zifana kakhulu ne-SAT yokuqala kuba zifana kakhulu: ingalo yokuqala ngokwayo iyilwe kakuhle kwaye yenziwe kakuhle. Enyanisweni, zombini iingalo ezintsha ze-9″ zithatha indawo ye-SAT yokuqala.
Ngelixa eyila inkqubo yokuthwala enamandla engonakaliswa kakhulu ngexesha lokuthuthwa, uGomez ukwaphucule ukusebenza kwayo ngokwandisa ukuqina kwayo iyonke nokunciphisa ukungqubana okungaguqukiyo kwebheringi. Kuzo zombini iingalo ezintsha, ijoko exhasa iibheringi ezithe nkqo iye yaba nkulu.
Iingalo ezintsha zine-carbon fiber ekhutshiweyo, esuswayo kunye neegobolondo zentloko ze-aluminium - ezahlukileyo kwingalo nganye - kunye nokuqina okuphezulu kokudibanisa kunye nesenzo esijikelezayo esithambileyo sokuseta i-azimuth echanekileyo. Iityhubhu zengalo nazo zintsha. Iingalo ze-polymer zeetyhubhu zengalo zokuqala zisusiwe, kwaye i-carbon fiber engaphantsi ibonakala. UGomez akazange achaze ukuba kutheni ekwenzile oku, kodwa mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba indawo yokubeka iingalo ingashiya amabala angathandekiyo ngokuhamba kwexesha - okanye, mhlawumbi, yenza isandi esingcono. Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, iya kunika ingalo nganye inkangeleko eyahlukileyo.
Ungafunda okungakumbi malunga nesakhiwo esitsha sezixhobo kwi-AnalogPlanet.com. Nantsi into uGomez andixelele yona kwi-imeyile:
"Inqanaba lokusebenza kwesi sixhobo sitsha alikho ngengozi okanye ngumphumo womsebenzi owenziweyo ukuphucula ukuqina, kodwa sisiphumo sokuhlaziywa kophuhliso olucwangcisiweyo nolufuna umgudu oluhambelana ngokungenamthungo neenjongo zokuqala eziqhutywa kukuqina."
“Kwakhona, ndifuna ukucacisa ukuba andinciphisi ngabom ukusebenza kwemodeli enye ngenxa yeminye ukuze ilingane noluhlu lwexabiso/ukusebenza – oko akusilo isitayile sam, kwaye ukwenza njalo kuya kundenza ndingakhululeki. Endaweni yoko, ndizama ukufumana indlela yokuphucula ukusebenza kwemodeli ephezulu. Kule meko, uthotho lweCF1 lunexabiso eliphezulu ngokubhekiselele ekusebenzeni, ukukhetheka kunye nexabiso.
I-LM-09 yenziwe kusetyenziswa indlela yokwakha entsha engabizi kakhulu, ene-joke yayo kunye nezinye iindawo zesinyithi ezenziwe nge-aluminium, endaweni yentsimbi engatyiwayo njengengalo yokuqala. Ubunzima obuncitshisiweyo bufanele benze i-LM-09 ihambelane ngakumbi nee-turntable ezixhonyiweyo.
Ukupakishwa, ukubonakaliswa kunye nokulingana kufana nengalo ye-SAT yokuqala. Umphezulu ogudileyo we-aluminiyam unomtsalane kakhulu.
Kuthathe imizuzu embalwa nje ukuyifaka nokumamela ukutshintsha iingalo kwiContinuum Caliburn turntable yam kwaye uphinde usete useto. Nangona kunjalo, susa iwasher yokukhusela kwi-bearing esezantsi ethe tye, ngexesha lokuthunyelwa, yahlula incam ye-bearing kwi-sapphire cup yayo kwaye utshintshe i-virtual upper bearing cup nge-upper bearing cup yokwenyani, uyibophelele kwi-tip uze usete i-preload, kungcono ukwenziwa ngumthengisi. Ndiyenzile, kodwa ibingakhululekanga kangako.
Ndisebenzise i-MC Century Moving Coil Cartridge ka-Ortofon, endandiyifakile ukuze ihlaziywe kwiphephancwadi likaSeptemba 2018, kwaye ndandiyazi kakuhle i-cartridge ngelo xesha. Kodwa ngaphambi koko, ndimamele ingoma yesihloko se-Atlantic Bridge kaDavy Spillane (LP, Tara 3019) kwaye ndenze irekhodi ye-24-bit/96kHz. Iquka uSpillane kwi-uilleann pipe kunye ne-bass, uBéla Fleck kwi-acoustic guitar kunye ne-banjo, uJerry Douglas kwiDobro, uEoghan O'Neill kwi-fretless electric bass, kunye ne-bodhran Use Christy Moore, njl. Irekhodwe kwaye ixutywe kakuhle kwiLansdowne Studios eDublin, le albhamu ine-bass emangalisayo, enzulu, enomsindo, ii-transients ezidwetshwe kakuhle kwiintambo - ii-banjos zithathwe ngokugqibeleleyo - kunye nokonwaba okungakumbi kwesandi, konke kusasazeka kwinqanaba elikhulu. Umntu kufuneka aphinde ayithumele le nto!
Ukudibanisa i-SAT yokuqala kunye ne-Ortofon MC Century yenye yezona vidiyo zibalaseleyo zerekhodi ka-1987 endakha ndaziva, ingakumbi ngenxa yamandla ayo e-bass kunye nolawulo lwayo. Ndifake i-SAT LM-09 entsha ndaza ndayidlala ndaza ndayirekhoda kwakhona.
Ndiyakuqonda oko ukuthethayo. Ukuba ungayibeka ngenye indlela: "ii-LPs ezininzi ezindala zisavakala ngcono kunezinye ezintsha", ngoko ke ndiyavumelana nawe ngokupheleleyo.
Ewe, iindlebe zam ezimdaka zindixelela ukuba uninzi lwee-LP ezindala zisavakala kakuhle xa zithelekiswa nezintsha.
Ndicinga ukuba yingxaki nge-master recording, hayi uxinzelelo ngokwalo. Ngaphambili, ii-vacuum tubes yayizezona zixhobo ze-elektroniki kuphela ezazikho, kwaye ngoku kukho iteknoloji eninzi yedijithali/i-solid-state esetyenziswa kuyo yonke i-mic/mixing/master recording.
Ngokwelizwi, ndifumanisa ukuba ezo LP zomculo zakudala zestereo/mono endizifumanayo (malunga ne-1,000+) zivakala ngcono kunezo zindala (zee-1960) ngokubhekiselele kwi-OPEN, i-airness, kunye ne-realism. Akukho nanye kwiirekhodi zam ezingaphezu kwama-30 ezibhalwe ngedijithali ezivakala zilungile kangako, njengokuvalelwa ebhokisini, nangona zonke zivakala zicacile, zicocekile, zinamandla, kwaye "zichanekile" ngokwedijithali.
Njengoko ndisandula ukupapasha kwiPhono Forum apha, xa ndandidlala iVienna State Opera Orchestra eyayiqhutywa nguPierre Dervaux okokuqala, ndadlala okokuqala i-LP endala yeleyibhile yeColombian Masters eyayiculwa nguRichard Tucker: iFrench opera aria, ndamangaliswa kakhulu. (Ngeminyaka yoo-1960?) Ndazifumana ndihleli embindini wemigca emithathu yokuqala yendlu ye-oera (isihlalo endisithandayo: imigca eli-10-13 embindini). Intsebenzo ivakala icacile, ivulekile, inamandla kwaye inomdla. Wow! NjengoTurner (owazalelwa eBrooklyn, NY) ecula ngaphezu kwam eqongeni. Andikaze ndibe nolonwabo olunjalo ekhaya ngaphambili.
Andikaze ndithenge irekhodi yevinyl kangangeminyaka emininzi, kodwa kusafuneka nditsho ukuba i-old press ayizange ibe ntle kangako. (Kukho iimeko ezahlukileyo, ewe, mhlawumbi yingakho i-HP endala yazikhawulela kwiVintage Living Presence).
Kubonakala ngathi uMnu. Kasim uthenge umatshini wokuprinta okhoyo kwaye uyawakha kwakhona kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Uthengisa iirekhodi zakhe ezintsha zevinyl nge-$30 ukuya kwi-$100 nganye.
I-vinyl ngoku yinto endiyithandayo kakhulu! (I-Koetsus yam yeminyaka yoo-1980 ayizange ifikelele kwixabiso eliphantsi, ekuqaleni yayithengiswa nge-$1,000).
Ndisebenzise iindlebe zam kunye nentloko yam ukonwabela i-vinyl ngaphandle kokuphazamisa iakhawunti yam yebhanki!
Mhlawumbi le yikhonkco elindelekileyo: “https://swedishat.com/SAT%209%22%20vs%2012%22%20paper.pdf”