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Just setup my first tonearm/cart and ...

Posted by MichaelM (A) on May 17, 2007 at 06:57:10

... the right channel just doesn't seem right.

Today my RB300 arrived, and I attached a Sumiko Pearl to it.

My only alignment tool was the one that came with the arm, and spent lots of time getting that right (still want to get a proper protractor though).

I set the tracking force to 2g, and the anti-skate to 1.5g (or thereabouts).

Anyways, to test, I used the classic records 45/33 rpm sinlge of Procal Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale". The left channel sounds fine, but the right channel is distorting quite a bit. Can almost describe it as a radio station slightly out of tune.

I tried setting the anti-skate to maximum (2g), but still no luck

Is this an anti-skating issue ? Or something else ?

Other records didn't seem so bad, but there was still some slight crackling in the right channel.

It's too late for this, one should never try turntable setup after dark ...

:(

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