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In Reply to: What's the solution for high frequency mistracking? posted by mcguirek on March 14, 2012 at 13:19:57:
Whenever I have had problems of this sort (which I absolutely cannot stand) it's always been the cartridge alignment - or a sticky arm bearing.I strongly advise you to obtain (or make) an arc alignment protractor using the actual data of your arm geometry.
The hit & miss nature of standard protractors means you're faffing around trying to determine the actual point where the stylus is supposed to hit the record (the effective length I think it's called). With an arc protractor - this approximate methodology is eliminated - allowing you to concentrate on the actual alignment.
I made mine with manufacturer's data and autocad. Since then - I no longer know what inner groove distortion or tracing distortion means. I have gone on to discover what VTA and azimuth means (doh!) but I'm working on those as well.......
Best regards,
rr
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- RE: What's the solution for high frequency mistracking? - rocky raccoon 15:08:14 03/14/12 (2)
- RE: What's the solution for high frequency mistracking? - mcguirek 15:14:13 03/14/12 (1)
- I used the Mint too. It's decidedly *not* always a matter of proper alignment, etc. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 15:23:02 03/14/12 (0)