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Re: Has the TD-125 been sitting awhile?

Hi, and thanks again for the help. I feel like I am being difficult to even say this, but based on the math I did, using the VdH sight, I found the match to be perfect. Incase I did things wrong, Tone arm effective mass was around 7 grams, cartrige mass was around 5.5 grams, that meant I needed a high compliance cartrige. Cartrige compliance was around 20 or 25 (Cant Remember), which put my resonant frequency in the 8-9hz range.

Now, I suppose that things could be mismatching regardless, I dont know, I really dont fully understand all the interactions that are taking place. Though I feel I did a good job mounting it, using an alignment protractor, test lp, and scale for setup, it might not be setup correctly. I dont know if certain aspects of setup could effect that.

I have heard varying stories about my main tonearm. The main one I use is the ADC ALT-1. Its a low mass tonearm that I was told was fairly unpopular when it came out more from being overlooked than being a bad product. I have heard that it was one of the best values in its day, to it is still a great tonearm. I have also heard that it was an utter piece of crud not even worth messing with. I have considered putting a tonearm like the Rega, or getting a restored SME tonearm, but would hate to waste that money only to find that it didn't fix this problem, which I now think it wont.

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