Misbehaving Linn

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Hello,

I just got my turntable back in my set up, unfortunately this required that it was shipped to me. When I received it, the counter weight had come off the tone arm and was rolling around inside the dust cover. Amazingly, there appeared to be little damage.

When I try to dial in tracking force and anti-skate, things go wrong. The arm is a Linn Basik Plus, with a Audio Technica AT110E cart. With the tracking force and anti skate set to 1.5g (AT recommended), as soon as the needle hits the record, it skates right to the centre. Much higher (2.5 or 3g) anti-skate keeps the needle still, but the sound it awful. Totally out of balance, cracking and popping and what music does get through is thin and totally un-listenable. I checked the cart. alignment with a Linn chart, and a couple of others, and it appears to be fine.

Do I need a new stylus? Is the cantilever / cartridge dead? The set up worked perfectly before, with little anti-skate and low VTF if I remember correctly.

Thanks for any help you guys can be of, I want to check everything before buying a new cartridge.

David

I just re-read the title of the post; it sounds like a 70's soft porn movie.
 
I just re-read the title of the post; it sounds like a 70's soft porn movie.


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It's the same, AT110e. I could have gone for something different, but when looking for a stylus, I found one on the Dutch version of ebay for €35 inc. postage (normally about €60). I also read some reviews and found that the 110e is a pretty good cart, punching above it's weight.

Mmm, soft focus and saxophone.
 
No, it's a Logic Tempo. I'm looking for upgrades / common things to check etc on the net but it appears to be pretty rare, or overshadowed by the DM101.

I think I might take it to bits tomorrow before my cart arrives, have a look at the suspension etc and see if there is anything obvious to be done. Should the bearing hole be flooded with oil, as in visible liquid when the platter / shaft is removed?
 
If you will replace the bearing oil clean the shaft and housing well.Start with a few drops of new oil and fit the sub platter slowly.If it goes down very easily,put a few more drops of oil,till the sub platter goes in slowly and some oil comes out of the housing.This way you'll be sure that the housing is filled completely.
 
I got the AT110e today, set it up and dialled it in, and it sounds great. I expect it will take a while before it settles down and the highs get a little less bright, but it already sounds great!

I filled the bearing housing with sewing machine oil, but unfortunately there is a bit of movement in the platter when it's seated. There are two nylon bushes, and I think the lower one is pretty worn out, the top one fits very snugly. I am thinking of getting a new one made. What kind of clearance should I go for around the bearing shaft?

If it all costs too much, I was going to find a Thorens TD 160 in the area, and fit my Linn arm.
 
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