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RE: SME V Setup Problem

Friends, I recently swapped out the DL103R and got myself a re-tipped (actually re-cantilevered) ART-9.

I mounted it using the SME V supplied jig, and even if it does not coincide with 66/120.08m. So SME Jig it is and has been.

I made sure (I think) that the cartridge leads are tight both at the cartridge and tonearm ends. I cant spot any loose connections anywhere.

I am using tracking force 2g and antiskate also 2.0 setting on the SMEV.

The sound is perfect except that for the first half of each side of an LP, the sound is louder on the left channel than the right, and hence the image is formed to one side.

But as the needles completes around 5 minutes the image on its own starts moving to the center, and after 10 min it is perfectly centered.

I have many tracks which I can play on my CDP also, and as I toggle, there is no shift of image. The image lock is very strong till the end of the side.

Why is the image off center for the first 8-10min? I tried changing anti skate but it makes little difference. The stylus is a Boron micro ridge.

Thanks in advance.


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