Hi, I am new to posting to these boards, but I have been reading them for some time. On that note, I would like to say that I really appreciate the type of community set up here. A ton of amazing ideas (and realizations of these ideas) are tossed around in every thread, a fact which cannont always be said for internet message boards.. So now that that is out of the way, I do have a problem that I would like to get soem input on...
I have a Technics SL-23 that I found in very poor condition, and which I have since cleaned and repaired up to working condition. The problem I am experiencing currently doesnt make any sense to me though. Clearly I am missing some angle of turntable physics... So maybe someone can enlighten me...
Basically, the outer tracks of a record will play perfectly, but skips occur on the inner tracks.. About where one would cue up a 45 (7"s or so)... It is not the quality of the records, I can put a pristine record on the turntable and it will skip, and in different parts from play to play. I have aligned and re-aligned my cartridge to no help. I have played with the anti-skating to no effect. Increasing tracking force does little good.
I would think that it would be a skating issue, that closer to the center, the increased force is pulling it back and making it skip, but like I have said, I have adjusted the anti-skating control to no solution. I also checked to make sure that the anti-skating mechanism (a dial which controls a spring connected to the ratating part of the arm under the turntable) is still in tact, and it appears to be in tact and in perfect working order. Also, if it was a skating issue, wouldnt it pull the arm a variable distance back producing a non-looped skipping pattern? (the skips loop over the same period of music until I reset the needle past the skip point).
Am I missing something here? Is there anythign else I am neglecting in my trouble shooting? I also would like to mention that I have leveled the turntable, and chosen different cartridge/headshell combinations but those have all had the same problems...
Any help would be much appreciated, and if I am unclear at any part let me know and I will clarify.
I have a Technics SL-23 that I found in very poor condition, and which I have since cleaned and repaired up to working condition. The problem I am experiencing currently doesnt make any sense to me though. Clearly I am missing some angle of turntable physics... So maybe someone can enlighten me...
Basically, the outer tracks of a record will play perfectly, but skips occur on the inner tracks.. About where one would cue up a 45 (7"s or so)... It is not the quality of the records, I can put a pristine record on the turntable and it will skip, and in different parts from play to play. I have aligned and re-aligned my cartridge to no help. I have played with the anti-skating to no effect. Increasing tracking force does little good.
I would think that it would be a skating issue, that closer to the center, the increased force is pulling it back and making it skip, but like I have said, I have adjusted the anti-skating control to no solution. I also checked to make sure that the anti-skating mechanism (a dial which controls a spring connected to the ratating part of the arm under the turntable) is still in tact, and it appears to be in tact and in perfect working order. Also, if it was a skating issue, wouldnt it pull the arm a variable distance back producing a non-looped skipping pattern? (the skips loop over the same period of music until I reset the needle past the skip point).
Am I missing something here? Is there anythign else I am neglecting in my trouble shooting? I also would like to mention that I have leveled the turntable, and chosen different cartridge/headshell combinations but those have all had the same problems...
Any help would be much appreciated, and if I am unclear at any part let me know and I will clarify.
does the tone arm have bearings in it? has it ever taken a hit that would pit the race the bearings travel in? maybe the bearing are bad dryed up. could be allot of things😉
Make sure the arm lift is not pushing the stylus out of the groove as it moves toward the center.
Checks that the arm's freedom of movement does not become restricted as it moves toward the center.
Checks that the arm's freedom of movement does not become restricted as it moves toward the center.
is the antiskate actually applying a tension?
some of our gurus must know the forces to measure...
some of our gurus must know the forces to measure...
The anti-skate is in fact exerting tension via a spring.. That all seems to be in order, and the arm lift is not obstructing the tonearm..
I am thinking that perhaps it is an issue with the pivot element of the tonearm kind of like what karma suggested (though I dont think it has bearings) ... Would a problem like this be consistent with the problems I am having? Does that make sense to everyone else?
Thanks for the input thusfar
I am thinking that perhaps it is an issue with the pivot element of the tonearm kind of like what karma suggested (though I dont think it has bearings) ... Would a problem like this be consistent with the problems I am having? Does that make sense to everyone else?
Thanks for the input thusfar
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