Need some help with my Well Tempered Amadeus TT

Posted by rottenclam (A) on May 22, 2016 at 16:57:47

I have not posted on an audiophile forum in a number of years because my system was relatively stable and my merry-go-round ride of swapping out components had slowed dramatically.

However, a strange thing has brought me here. After a very trouble-free existence, my Well Tempered Amadeus TT (with the original golf-ball tonearm - not the "symmetrex" arm) started behaving in a very bizarre manner. The speed of the platter is rock-solid (tested with a KAB Spped Strobe), but within a few minutes into dropping the stylus at the beginning of a record (multiple records tested), the speed drops to a very syrupy pace. Of course, I cannot test what speed it has dropped to because that would require my stylus to track a strobe disc. All I know is that the speed is slower and slower towards the middle of the record, with it eventually culminating into a crawl. I dont have the heart or the patience to see if it will eventually grind to a dead stop.

One of the things I checked was whether the golf ball was sitting in the center of the cup (I think I've read somewhere that if it is not centered, then you will inevitably has some problems), and it seems to be dead-center in the cup.

The external TT speed controller is left powered on all the time, but I dont think it is a problem with that little box.

I keep a dust cover on the whole rig when not in use, but surely some dust has dropped in there over the last 12-18 months. Is it required that I swap out the silicon fluid once every 6-12 months or so?

Perhaps it is major case of 'belt slippage', but I'm not inclined to think so.

Any experienced Well Tempered turntable owners out there ever encountered anything like this? My instinct is that I should clean out the cup and refill it with a fresh silicon fluid bath. That the problem is the tonearm drag that is eventually slowing down the TT over a given amount of time. But perhaps that is not the problem.

Thoughts?

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Topic - Need some help with my Well Tempered Amadeus TT - rottenclam 16:57:47 05/22/16 (22)

Inquiring minds - Penguin 18:08:29 05/26/16 (0)

RE: Need some help with my Well Tempered Amadeus TT - WntrMute2 16:06:40 05/24/16 (0)

RE: Need some help with my Well Tempered Amadeus TT - rottenclam 21:31:02 05/23/16 (2)

But, but, but... - Lew 08:12:32 05/24/16 (1)

yup - Penguin 09:21:20 05/24/16 (0)

String - Plinko 19:59:15 05/23/16 (1)

Clean the plater rim before installing the new string/belt. nT - M-dB 19:22:15 05/24/16 (0)

I do not have an amadeus :). - Penguin 19:35:20 05/23/16 (8)

Question - Lew 08:22:49 05/24/16 (7)

RE: Question - TubeDriver 16:52:57 05/25/16 (3)

I suppose you're correct,... - Lew 11:39:40 05/27/16 (2)

RE: I suppose you're correct,... - TubeDriver 16:31:08 05/27/16 (1)

+1 - Penguin 11:44:06 05/30/16 (0)

well it depends on a few things.... - Penguin 09:18:55 05/24/16 (2)

RE: well it depends on a few things.... - Lew 12:22:17 05/24/16 (1)

maybe simpler than that.... - Penguin 13:06:25 05/24/16 (0)

RE: Need some help with my Well Tempered Amadeus TT - Mick Wolfe 15:28:12 05/23/16 (1)

Ditto Check That Belt - Sebrof 19:09:15 05/23/16 (0)

RE: Need some help with my Well Tempered Amadeus TT - AudioSoul 20:19:42 05/22/16 (1)

If he removed the belt and just spun the platter - jedrider 20:35:19 05/22/16 (0)

RE: Need some help with my Well Tempered Amadeus TT - Tre' 18:30:26 05/22/16 (0)

My suggestion - vinyl survivor 17:13:40 05/22/16 (0)

Need some help with my Well Tempered Amadeus TT

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