mjw21a
Super Member
Ok, so I recently had a Fidelity Research FR-24 Mk2 installed on my Ariston RD110 SL. Sounds absolutely spectacular with a level of realism and transparency I've never heard before. It actually manages to make my JVC QL7 sound almost digital in comparison.... That is unless I play some actual digital music. It's actually made me very unhappy with my JVC.
The end result is I'm looking to replace the tonearm on my JVC turntable with another Fidelity Research tonearm. Now my JVC turntable is the table I run my moving coils on so a lower compliance arm would be fine on this. My understanding is that while the FR24 is suited to a wide range of carts the FR54 is a little heavier and gets along rather well with low compliance carts like the DL103 and the SPU.
The thing I can't figure out is whether these would both sound similar? the main difference seems to be that the FR24 uses a gyroscopic bearing whereas the FR54 is a unipivot. When I Google gyroscopic I can find nothing on this. What are the differences/pro's and cons of these bearing types for my intended use?
Here's a picture of my completed Ariston for anyone interested. I've never hear a better sounding table than this though I really need to learn how to adjust the suspension eventually:
The end result is I'm looking to replace the tonearm on my JVC turntable with another Fidelity Research tonearm. Now my JVC turntable is the table I run my moving coils on so a lower compliance arm would be fine on this. My understanding is that while the FR24 is suited to a wide range of carts the FR54 is a little heavier and gets along rather well with low compliance carts like the DL103 and the SPU.
The thing I can't figure out is whether these would both sound similar? the main difference seems to be that the FR24 uses a gyroscopic bearing whereas the FR54 is a unipivot. When I Google gyroscopic I can find nothing on this. What are the differences/pro's and cons of these bearing types for my intended use?
Here's a picture of my completed Ariston for anyone interested. I've never hear a better sounding table than this though I really need to learn how to adjust the suspension eventually: