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In Reply to: RE: Tried this... posted by steven d on July 19, 2014 at 07:17:31
Good. So looks like it's fine.I would suggest finish but start with no anti-skate. Remember a lot of people run without AS by choice which simply means it's not very destructive. I've run without at times, e.g. if prob, don't notice much diff either way.
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What is your arm exactly, I don't know "Audiomods arm".
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Sure doesn't look like a mismatch for yours Benz. I think its fine else a AS issue which case you can run off til addressed.
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Benz recommends 470-47K. Yesterday we went from 100 to 1K to 10K and it sounded better with each loading change. It's all a bit blurry today as there was some beer in play yesterday, I can't recall if things got worse as the loading value increased because we did try VTF changes and effective mass changes to the arm over the course of the procedures.
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I've had the Ruby H, Ruby 2 and now the Ruby 3. With a Pass Xono and McIntosh C500T, loading is best between 500 and 1Kohm. I've run it extensively at 47Kohm and occasionally at 25ohms (when I forget to reset the C500T loading after plugging it back in). I've never experienced what you describe. The sound changes, but tracking ability doesn't seem impacted. I have a Basis 2001, Graham 2.2 arm.
I'd second John's suggestion of trying a different cartridge if possible. Best of luck.
Relax, have Sprecher Commando and listen to some Johnny Winter...
I mounted a DV 20XL after removing the Ruby Z and didn't experience the AS problems or mistracking or groove jumping. It tracked perfectly.
My pal that was over on Friday took the Ruby with him to have a look at it under his microscope:
Stylus looks clean with minimal wear.
Zenith looks off a bit.
Azimuth might be off as well.
But, I wouldn't think that these small imperfections would cause the problems I'm having. Then again, that's just my guess.
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- Ricky Gervais, 2012
The stylus appears to be wearing evenly but those flats look pretty long to me, which might indicate significant wear. Zenith looks okay to me, though. I've seen much worse. Check the cantilever to see if it might be cracked or damaged in some way. If not, perhaps the elastic suspension damper has hardened. There's got to be some reason it's not tracking properly.
Good luck,
John Elison
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