Sentence examples for tone arm from inspiring English sources
noun
A light, balanced arm that holds the pickup cartridge on a record player
The cartridge must be correctly aligned and the tone arm weighted properly.
Grayed from overuse, it dropped down the big, round spindle as an automatic tone arm slid over.
And if this record-player had a tone arm, it, too, would probably make some kind of sound.
For $46,000, Mr. Walker said, you get 250 pounds of turntable with a platter and tone arm that float on a nearly frictionless cushion of air.
You have to lift the tone arm and place it on the LP manually, although it does lift and swing home automatically at the end of the record.
A turntable is a basic piece of equipment — a motor turns a platter on which the record sits, and a tone arm holds a needle and a cartridge.
Guests came with tone arms from Germany and Western Electric monitors from the 1940s.
To add resistance to the workout and tone arms further, Piloxing incorporates 1lb gloves.
Some cartridges or tone arms come with an alignment tool, but they can be bought separately for $5 to $275.
On high-end equipment, motors tend to be heavier and more precise, the bearings in the tone arms present less friction, and the level of craftsmanship is higher.
Climbing is a physical challenge that will tone arms like few other activities, but it is also an art form in which graceful, fluid movements can make even beginners look like spiders dancing on intricate webs.
