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Cartridge Install on Straight Tonearm
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| placebo |
My turntables have straight tonearms...and reading some stuff earlier, most people say you should install your cartridges at an angle?
I'm not sure what they mean by this, what angle should I put them at?
Thank you
Tim |
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| DJ Joshua H |
I'm not sure the exact angle but you do it by playing around with the screws on the headshell (I don't think you can do this with Concorde type needles).
The idea is to minimize wear on one side of the groove. Since the tonearm is straight instead of at an angle with the "S" tonearm there is more pressure on the groove. |
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| eyeball_2003 |
| iv got a straight tonearm ,and iv installed my cartridges straight, is that wrong? seems right to me....:conf: |
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| placebo |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Joshua H
I'm not sure the exact angle but you do it by playing around with the screws on the headshell (I don't think you can do this with Concorde type needles).
The idea is to minimize wear on one side of the groove. Since the tonearm is straight instead of at an angle with the "S" tonearm there is more pressure on the groove. |
Yeah, I have stanton carts...you know...the square ones ;) |
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