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In Reply to: RE: Thomas Schick posted by Erocka2000 on October 19, 2016 at 16:14:30
I had a Schick tonearm for a few years on 2 different tables, a Thorens TD124 and a Rek-O-Kut L34, as good as it worked with an upgraded Denon 103 cartridge, I could never get rid of a small amount of hum. Even after rewiring and different mounting configurations and different headshells, the hum was always there. I sold it and bought a 12" Jelco, dead quiet-finally!
I know they are a nice arm, but waiting months and months for an arm to get built can get frustrating. I had the same experience with another well known custom arm builder, after the completion date kept getting pushed back, I requested a refund.
Thomas
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You are perfectly within your rights as a customer to be distressed about waiting overly long for an order, but the fact that you had a hum problem with your Schick is almost certainly not the fault of the tonearm per se.
Possibly, but I really didn't want to purchase other turntables, phono-preamps and cartridges to try and eliminate the hum. I actually tried several cartridges, they all sounded fine but the hum remained. It was obvious to me that the Jelco didn't have any hum, it is being used today and I am happy with it.
Thomas
I suppose it's possible that there was something awry with the wiring in your sample of the Schick, but hum in a vinyl system has so many possible causes that it's impossible to say what caused your particular problem without more information, as I am sure you already know.
I have never seen a Schick tonearm "in the flesh". Nor have I ever heard one, therefore. The design seems very simple and straightforward. Materials, machining, quality of the bearings, etc, all may contribute to its rather high cost. My only thought about the design is that it does not place the counter-wt in the plane of the LP, which has become a latter day fashion, for good engineering reasons. However, there are many great and even much more expensive tonearms that also do not adhere to this design element, e.g., the Durand Telos ($25,000!!!!).
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