Hey all, just wondering what you do to adjust your tone arm...weight, setup etc.
Rino Odorico
(asking a lot of questions so one day I too can answer instead of ask)
Rino Odorico
(asking a lot of questions so one day I too can answer instead of ask)
Well to put it honestly...just play with the weights (add/ remove/move forwards or back). Listen for a while...make adjustments...listen for a while...make adjustments. Just trying to get a good sound without turning the albums into a big slinky :>)
Seen an old turn table from a Buick...late 50's I think. Man did that tone arm, or should I say Tone Log apply pressure to the album! What your record skips...here lets just add a BIGGER spring...viola problem solved :>)
Rino Odorico
Seen an old turn table from a Buick...late 50's I think. Man did that tone arm, or should I say Tone Log apply pressure to the album! What your record skips...here lets just add a BIGGER spring...viola problem solved :>)
Rino Odorico
Re: what you do to adjust your tone arm?
Very useful comment by the way...
Rino, my rule of thumb is: turn the weights until you have the equilibrium and then put the marker to 0. From that zero, turn again ¼ turn to add weight.
artnyos said:
Very useful comment by the way...
Rino, my rule of thumb is: turn the weights until you have the equilibrium and then put the marker to 0. From that zero, turn again ¼ turn to add weight.
Re: Re: what you do to adjust your tone arm?
It can be done on a record without groves or on a testrecord observing distortion in both channels. Either way it is a compromise.🙂
BTW those smilies make me crazy. I feel like being in kindergarten again.😡
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😕 🙄 😉 😎 😱
That's it and adjust the antiskating.François said:
It can be done on a record without groves or on a testrecord observing distortion in both channels. Either way it is a compromise.🙂
BTW those smilies make me crazy. I feel like being in kindergarten again.😡
😱 😕 🙄 😉 😎 😱I feel like being in kindergarten again.
All we got was gold or silver stars! The other kids.... I was usually in the corner for being "noty" as the Swede says.
Art
All we got was gold or silver stars! The other kids.... I was usually in the corner for being "noty" as the Swede says.
Art
Equilibrum: the tone arm is in the middle of the course.
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zero point: there is a small disk close to the weight that has numbers: this is to "mark" your starting point (equilibrum).
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zero point: there is a small disk close to the weight that has numbers: this is to "mark" your starting point (equilibrum).
If you want to get really precise about it, once you adjust the tonearm to the equilibrium position (when the tonearm is horizontally balanced, and the stylus downward force is essentialy zero), you can then use a force gauge to set the tracking weight to whatever you want. 1.2 grams to 1.8 grams is a good range to start, for most cartidges. You can buy such a gauge for $15-$25 at better audio shops (or on-line).
I love this site...you get answers from all over the globe. See, unitiy is not that hard to find!
Rino Odorico
Rino Odorico
For cartridge/arm setup: http://www.audiophilia.com/features/cartridge_setup.htm
This helped me on the way.
This helped me on the way.
All,
i will post a short manual how to adjust a tonearm by measurement and by ear as soon as i have time. Maybe the wiki is the right place?
Elso,
do you feel bad about smilies in general or about how certain members use them?
They are meant to transport "i feel" messages not easily expressed using the keyboard. Of course, they can be misused as many other things.
i will post a short manual how to adjust a tonearm by measurement and by ear as soon as i have time. Maybe the wiki is the right place?
Elso,
do you feel bad about smilies in general or about how certain members use them?
They are meant to transport "i feel" messages not easily expressed using the keyboard. Of course, they can be misused as many other things.
Smilies
Hi Bernard,
Yes I understand the "I feel message". But there a now so many "smilies" to chose from that I feel it is overdone.
A occasional 😉 will show that I am not angry but these 194 icons are going to live its own life...
I was disappointed the angel had its wings clipped off.
I am quite aware that the written text misses bodylanguage, intonation, facial expression etc. etc. all present in a person to person conversation. To me this is a challenge to try to express myself especially as English is not my first language.
Hi Bernard,
Yes I understand the "I feel message". But there a now so many "smilies" to chose from that I feel it is overdone.
A occasional 😉 will show that I am not angry but these 194 icons are going to live its own life...
I was disappointed the angel
had its wings clipped off.I am quite aware that the written text misses bodylanguage, intonation, facial expression etc. etc. all present in a person to person conversation. To me this is a challenge to try to express myself especially as English is not my first language.
dice45 said:
This is not a problem in general. I my case I didn't understand with the guy (now in the sinbin) has answered with only smilies. Why do posting when there is no contribution, this is not a race to the maximum number of posts
François 🙂
ADJUSTIN' TONEARMS
Bernhard,
I wouldn't mind if you did this,I see a lot of interest in analogue reproduction from the younger audiophiles which I welcome.
All of you,
A rather cost effective test record can be easily made from an old,worn record by doing away with all the grooves.
You will need one that is flat of course.
Rubbing it with aceton (nail polish remover)until it is perfectly flat will give a useful tool for:
-Anti-skating adjustment.
-Residual TT motor rumble.
-Bearing noise.
-Isolation and damping of the TT.
-Azimuth adjustment.
-Determinig the sonic footprint of any given TT.
-Listening to the vinyl's self resonance.
-Needletalk.
-Stereo separation.
-And even RIAA fine tuning for those that don't have signal gens and scopes.
There are a lot of tests you can do with this depending on individual need and imagination.
I usually use a high-res headphone (electrostatic) for these tests with excellent results.
Cheers,😉
Bernhard,
I wouldn't mind if you did this,I see a lot of interest in analogue reproduction from the younger audiophiles which I welcome.
All of you,
A rather cost effective test record can be easily made from an old,worn record by doing away with all the grooves.
You will need one that is flat of course.
Rubbing it with aceton (nail polish remover)until it is perfectly flat will give a useful tool for:
-Anti-skating adjustment.
-Residual TT motor rumble.
-Bearing noise.
-Isolation and damping of the TT.
-Azimuth adjustment.
-Determinig the sonic footprint of any given TT.
-Listening to the vinyl's self resonance.
-Needletalk.
-Stereo separation.
-And even RIAA fine tuning for those that don't have signal gens and scopes.
There are a lot of tests you can do with this depending on individual need and imagination.
I usually use a high-res headphone (electrostatic) for these tests with excellent results.
Cheers,😉
Rino odorico , this maybe can be to some help.
http://www.tanker.se/lidstrom/align.htm
http://www.tanker.se/lidstrom/align.pdf
see also
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3154
I have helped Stefan Lidström (check his hard wired phono amp!) with some tuning up of the alignment template but if there is someone out there who has good suggestions making it better, speak. The original is a Illustrator 8 file. Send me a message if you want the original, the ai-file.
http://www.tanker.se/lidstrom/align.htm
http://www.tanker.se/lidstrom/align.pdf
see also
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3154
I have helped Stefan Lidström (check his hard wired phono amp!) with some tuning up of the alignment template but if there is someone out there who has good suggestions making it better, speak. The original is a Illustrator 8 file. Send me a message if you want the original, the ai-file.
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