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The "tube" at the rear of the headshell caters only for vertical pivoting and VTF of the headshell...The VTA or SRA is handled by raising or lowering the entire arm via the adjustment lever at the base of the arm just as the MA-505 arm does....
Hi Neo, I think you have your description of Jico backwards. Morita, the head phono cartridge guy at Jico is the person who designed the Sony XL series of cartridges. I own a Sony XL-55 and a XL-88. Both highly sought after and thought of in the audio World. He partnered with VdH and a 3rd person for its development and manufacture. He was a Sony employee at the time and has a long history in cantilevers and styli manufacture. There might be more money to be made on the side of the company that you have mentioned, but it is not the only division where expertise is demanded and provided. Regards,
I have the Sony XL-55 and the Fidelity Research FR-7fThey are both interesting cartridges with the FR-7f/LC being the best LOMC I have yet heard... In fact I have been conducting an exhaustive series of listening comparative tests with my LOMCs which include the ZYX UniverseThe Dynavector XV-1sand the MIT-1As good as the FR-7f/LC is, with its holographic imaging and convincingly relaxed presentation.....I still prefer the overall sound of the Signet TK-7LCaand surprise, surprise....the JVC Z1/SAS which contrary to Neo's opinion on the X1.....I find excels on classical music and jazz and rock and reggae and...and.... Not that the Z1 and TK-7LCa are in any way alike....surprisingly... But here's the thing with the Z1/SAS...Unless you carefully set a slightly positive VTA (arm up at pivot), track at 1.25Gm but most importantly....unless you can set your phono stage to load the cartridge at 60K Ohms with 250pF of capacitance....you are not hearing this cartridge deliver what it can...And when this cartridge delivers.....all bets are off.....