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I am going to have a new cart put on, let a audio repair place do it. When I told them I wanted it done properly professionally they mentioned about my belt said a lot of people have there belt done man the belt is a matter of slippin it on is this a hussle repair shop? I mean it just hit me wrong or are they going to make sure it is running at proper speed I never dealt with a shop before. Working my way up to getting my two amps repaired and figured give the place something simple and see how they act.
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Print off the protractor like John suggests, and get a small scale for the tracking force. The only think I find a little tricky is the tracking angle (tonearm angle). It might be difficult to raise the base of the tonearm up and down, depending on the arm. Mine is VERY EASY as I can do it on the fly, but i'm still never sure which angle I should use for each cartridge. From what i've read, it's actually done by listening. It takes some time and fiddling to get all these things done, but you'll have the satisfaction of having done it yourself, and also the piece of mind knowing someone else didn't screw it up.
...don't drink and post....
Oz
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
Ozzy you have no idea what you are talking about. You dont like my post fine but you want to call me a drunk? Where you get that from, I would like to talk to you one day one on one. Appoligize openly and I will forget it. I never disrespected anyone on this forum and you take a low blow shot at me on an open forum? Aint no drunk sitting her now or when I posted.
Hope you got the message.
English is likely not his first language
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
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Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.
- Winston Churchill
Well, if the belt is old, it should be replaced. However, you should be able to do that yourself. Therefore, if they are charging for the service, I would opt to simply buy the belt and replace it myself. You can check the price of a new belt online at LP Gear and decide for yourself whether to buy one from the dealer.
As far as platter speed, you can check that yourself with a paper strobe disc and a florescent light.
Are they charging extra for mounting your cartridge? You can always learn to mount your own cartridge by practicing with the ones you already own. All you need is a good arc protractor and you can print one for free using Conrad Hoffman's program at the link below. It also prints strobe discs for adjusting platter speed.
Good luck,
John Elison
Hey, John,
I noticed that you still have Baerwald as the title for the Lofgren A alignment. It would be nice to give Lofgren credit for both of his alignment strategies and your graphs get a lot of screen time here at the forum.
On one of those rainy days when you've got some spare time you might re-run those Baerwald alignment charts as Lofgren A and repost them to your gallery. Or just use a digital image editor and paste a new title over them. Or not. :-)
Regards,
Tom
What is the difference between the Lofgren A, B and the Stevenson? I see some of the distances and lenghts vary a small amount. Which one would I use? (on an Oracle Delphi mk2 with an MMT tonearm). The two protractors I currently use don't have an arc on them.
I think Lofgren A (Baerwald) is always the best alignment. Obviously, there are other opinions given all the different alignments for various tonearms. However,, according to the Vinyl Engine tonearm database , the Sumiko Premier MMT tonearm is designed for Lofgren A with a spindle-to-pivot mounting distance of 221.7-mm.
Kinda....I very much agree with John. In MY experience, I always can install a cartridge better than the dealer. The thing about installation is that it takes time and a willingness to get it right, not just to get it done. I have all the time necessary to do it right...I check, recheck and check again. Its not hard, only tedious.
I couldn't agree more. Cartridge mounting is something you have to learn to do on your own. Years ago I had a shop set-up an table/arm and cartridge I'd just purchased from them. A couple months later I purchased a DB Systems protractor....knowing I wasn't going to drive a hundred miles back to that shop every time I changed cartridges. Out of curiosity one day, I checked their work with my new protractor. They weren't even close in any parameter. That was the end of anyone mounting a cartridge other than myself.
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