The Complete Guide to High-End Audio by Robert Harley

Author:Robert Harley
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780978649326
Publisher: Acapella Publishing

The Phono Cartridge

The phono cartridge has the job of converting the modulations of the record groove into an electrical signal. Because the cartridge changes one form of energy into another (mechanical into electrical), the cartridge is called a transducer. There’s one other transducer in your system—the loudspeakers at the other end of the playback chain.

A phono cartridge consists of the cartridge body, stylus, cantilever, and generator system. The body is the housing that surrounds the cartridge, and comprises the entire surface area. The stylus is a diamond point attached to the cantilever (the tiny shaft that extends from the bottom of the cartridge body). The stylus is moved back and forth and up and down by modulations in the record groove. This modulation is transferred by the cantilever to the generator system, the part of the cartridge where motion is converted into an electrical signal.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.