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Tonearm meaning
The pivoting bar that holds the pickup of a record player and conducts the resulting signal to the amplifier.
Example sentences (9)
The tonearm needs to have sturdy construction.
This is also a fully-automatic turntable, with a mechanical action inside that controls the placement and lifting of the tonearm on your behalf.
Up to the higher echelons of the record player pantheon, many of the best designs are minimal; at its most essential, a record player is simply a revolving plate and a swinging tonearm with a passive transducer needle attached.
The new turntable features Pro-Ject’s one-piece, carbon-fiber tonearm and electronic speed selection.
Build quality is exceptional, the machined metal motor pulley, platter bearing, metal "S" shaped tonearm, the heavyweight platter, and hinged clear plastic dust cover, they're all first rate.
Also deserving special mention is the mmf-1.5's tonearm cueing device, it's a smooth operator raising and lowering the 'arm, and the cueing lever feels sturdier than average.
Arm systems The tone arm (or tonearm) holds the pickup cartridge over the groove, the stylus tracking the groove with the desired force to give the optimal compromise between good tracking and minimizing wear of the stylus and record groove.
Once in place, a short tonearm under this "bridge" plays the record, driven across laterally by a motor.
This provides a similar benefit as the electronic linear tonearm without the complexity and necessity of servo-motor correction for tracking error.