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SME V Setup Problem
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Posted on November 1, 2020 at 01:53:29 | ||
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Folks, it has been a rewarding experience to get the SME V. I had ditched the stock interconnect and used the Belden 8401 with a Furutech 5 Pin DIN plug and switchcraft gold connectors. But over time, I yearned to upgrade the phono cable. I recently bought a pre-owned Furutech Silver Arrow. The sound improvements are significant. However while re-setting the tonearm, i noticed that the alignment tool supplied is not really upto the mark. It is an L shaped tool, which has to be slipped over the spindle, and then you are supposed to place the stylus exactly on the pinnacle as shown on that tool surface. Thereafter you are supposed to move the arm pillar on its slider base forward or backward. Here is where the problems start. The alignment tool sits very loosely over the spindle, i.e. there is a large difference in the diameter. By contrast, the Shure tool that I have is much simpler and guides towards two null points but sits tightly on the spindle. Never mind...i can choose the Shure if I want. But because I earlier used the loose SMEV tool, i am now noticing that what looked like a correct alignment is however slightly off. I need to drag the tonearm pillar away from the spindle, and in doing this there is a problem. The manual does not advise on how to loosen the two silver coloured bolts on the side of the base, except to say that the 3A/F hex wrench should be used. When i shine a torch and look through a magnifying glass, I cannot clearly see the shape of the bolts inside. Neither the supplied hex Key nor any of my allen keys fit the inside of the bolts. May be they have been used many times and have expanded and become unusable? These two bolts need to be loosened to enable the tonearm to slide back and forward on its base. There are other things also. When I make the TT horizontally aligned and then follow up by making tonearm base also horizontally aligned, I discover that the top of the fixed headshell is not totally horizontal and the azimuth is off. So either the azimuth as measure at the stylus is correct or the tonearm base is horizontal, but not both. I am stopping here out of frustration. Any advise would be appreciated. |
RE: SME V Setup Problem, posted on November 1, 2020 at 14:59:15 | |
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"you'll be able to work on a Jaguar or MG", posted on November 2, 2020 at 08:59:29 | |
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Hopefully the arm doesn't have Lucas wiring. |