Should I be concerned here?

Posted by TMol on May 22, 2016 at 13:33:20

I recently purchased a vintage JVC Q-A2 from a yard sale, no lid or cartridge but purchased a Shure M97xE which cost 7x the turntable! I plan to get into analog again and purchase new records (plenty of old records available from various sources too.)

However, in setting up the cartridge I noticed something about the tonearm base. It's a little off laterally, hopefully the pic I took can show what I'm talking about. So far I like the sound of the turntable/cartridge, no wobbles, and surface noise I expect. However, if I purchase new records I'm just worried I'd be damaging them with the off-kilter tonearm trace. Is this easily fixable with a small screwdriver?

Thanks for your help, everyone!

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Topic - Should I be concerned here? - TMol 13:33:20 05/22/16 (13)

check the arm - Penguin 15:56:14 05/22/16 (2)

RE: check the arm - TMol 17:07:49 05/22/16 (1)

you are good on stiction.... - Penguin 17:13:11 05/22/16 (0)

Rather than guessing - 1973shovel 15:33:35 05/22/16 (2)

RE: Rather than guessing - TMol 16:56:38 05/22/16 (1)

do not touch the screws.. - Penguin 17:15:09 05/22/16 (0)

RE: Should I be concerned here? - John Elison 14:21:52 05/22/16 (4)

RE: Should I be concerned here? - slapshot 15:12:18 05/22/16 (0)

RE: Should I be concerned here? - TMol 15:08:46 05/22/16 (2)

RE: Should I be concerned here? - PAR 15:36:31 05/22/16 (1)

RE: Should I be concerned here? - TMol 16:58:48 05/22/16 (0)

RE: Should I be concerned here? - AudioSoul 14:03:57 05/22/16 (1)

RE: Should I be concerned here? - TMol 15:12:21 05/22/16 (0)

Should I be concerned here?

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