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I have a Grace 707 arm, and the other night i qued up the arm from the record that was playing and swung it over....agggghhhh the arm dropped onto the arm board on my Linn player bounced up and down. (And i did it to my new cartrige (Grado Gold) that only a a few hours on it... :( .
(It seems that the queing lifter drops suddenly when it gets close to the arm support, i knew about this but....)
Anyway i know this is bound to happen again, so i want some kind of fail safe protector. Right know i have a plastic little bridge that i have taped to the arm board right by the arm support to catch this type of drop.
By any chance does anybody have any simple recomendations to protect agains this happening again?Thanks for any sugestions
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Loosen the screw at the rear of the black plastic piece (collar?) that holds the cueing device and anti-skate bar. Rotate it counter-clockwise so that the arm gets to the arm support before it drops off the end of the lift. If the arm rest is mounted roughly in the center of the width of the arm board, you will have plenty of leeway and still be able to lift the arm at the end of the record. I've had a 707 on an LP12 for 25+ years, no problems.If for some reason this doesn't work, I think I'd remount the arm rest closer to the platter. HTH
Aren't you the person like myself who got the ol' Linn back out and want to make it better than your cdp? And found an old Dual 505 better than the real rig? Updates?I doubt that you damaged your stuff. How does the new Grace 707/Grado sound? I have a Grace 707 black on my father's setup (Ariston RD 11S and Shure V15VMR).
Stu has a good suggestion, but I suggest just take it easy and you'll not do this hopefully never.
I posted a few days ago, saying i had it updated.
I got a new arm board, and a bottom cover. (a poster said that was basically a waste of money because most people have the bottom covers removed for sonic purposes...I paid $150 for that)
I also got a Grado Gold cartridge, i am just getting some hours on it (maybe 15 so far).
Anyway i swung the arm over to take the record of the spindle, when all of the sudden the neddle crashed onto the arm board....(i forgot that the 707 que rest drops down when it is swung all the way over. None of my other tables i had in the past did this. Right where the lifter screw is it dips down around a 1/8th of an inch, so when swung over, down goes the arm....
Is there a sulotions to this or is it a matter of ALWAYS siting the arm on the arm rest when changing a record?
By the way the Linn is much better than the Dual, the needle i had was shot.Thanks
carefully cue lift the tonearm, bring it smoothly over to the rest (this is a Linn Basik LVX Plus), lift record off vertically, then proceed.I have bounced my cartridge/arm, but no more than 5 or 6 times perhaps in 30 years.
Great that the dealer was able to help you, I still have my bottom cover on and old armboard. Need new firmer armboard or DIY one, new wires, Shure V15VxMR and playing around. Dealer can do this part.
Some feel I am crazy, but I got the ebay SRM kit from England, and the only part I use now is a thin sorbathane mat instead of felt and I will incrementally do the mod (mainly large rubber bands at the edge of the outer platter, for the motor, a new harder bearing and other tweaks).
The Linn should sing, but vs. a Wadia I dunno. I have a Pioneer DV 47Ai which sits most of the time nowadays.
So does the Wadia if the CD is masteed right.
I was listening to Stevie Wonder superstision the other night on vinyl through the Linn and thought it sounded a little thin and light weight from what i remembered from CD. So played the CD version, and was suprised at the flat 2 dimentional sound i was getting. (was this how it sounded before I thought?) So i put back the record, an what do you know...the record sounded better. Even though the sound was not as full bodied, I felt as thought i was getting a blacker back ground and definitly more dimensional from the record.
Was playing Super Tramp again last night and the record sounded superb (Breakfast in America). I liked the record better again than CD, but CD was pretty close this time...
i am very much enjoying this.
I just have to be more careful..
Take care
Thorens made a very viscous silicon grease that, when applied to the vertical piston, slowed the travel down perfectly. Check with your local ex or current Thorens dealers.
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