On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 23:31:14 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:50:43 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

I think there is some onus on the user to pick a suitable
tonearm/cartridge
combination for his own purposes or stick with manufacturer's
recommendations in the case of 'consumer' gear. It is important to keep a
perspective - over the last half century or so a lot of people have had a
lot of pleasure listening to records without getting their panties in a
bunch* over the Modulus Of Anything!!

Ah, but all that has only been possible because some engineer did get
his panties in a bunch. If nobody had, it would all be crap.



Other way round - the engineer (cartridge designer) only does his stuff -
almost certainly with completely unruffled underwear -
because of the people listening to records - no?


Chicken and egg? No, in this case it is very definitely engineer
first, listener second. And believe me, there is always a great deal
of ruffled underwear before the sleek g-string emerges from the
factory.

d