Why does this work????

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I called Tom Fletcher at Nottingham recently. I wanted to get his advice regarding some excessive sibelence issues I have encountered.
He recomended that I loosen everything. The grub screws on the arm collar should just be tight enough to hold the thing in place, without dropping and the same for the cartridge screws. I lossened the grub screws first and noticed two things, the whole quality of the sound and the size of the soundstage improved. The biting quality to the sibelence was reduced a lot.
This morning, I held my breath and lossened the screws on the cartridge a bit and the sibelence smoothed out even more.
This whole concept of "very loose confounds me. Is it decoupling the arm/cart somehow? Its the polar opposite of "Linn" tight
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Topic - Why does this work???? - DKG 07:04:52 12/14/05 (7)

This may be why I stopped using clamps - Dave Pogue 08:06:16 12/15/05 (0)

"Finger-tight" turntable hardware is the ticket in most cases - Fretless 12:28:28 12/14/05 (1)

Re: "Finger-tight" turntable hardware is the ticket in most cases - DKG 13:15:08 12/14/05 (0)

Re: Why does this work???? - Auricle 10:24:29 12/14/05 (2)

Must try. -t - jusbe 12:03:03 12/14/05 (0)

Do you have pics, specs, or description of your designs? I'm VERY intrigued. Thanks (nt) - SquinkyEye 11:33:45 12/14/05 (0)

Re: Why does this work???? - rocky raccoon 10:21:33 12/14/05 (0)

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