earwicker7
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I set up my last two cartridges and did (IMO) a decent, but not perfect, job of it. I'm trying to nail it correctly this time, so I was hoping I could get a few tips regarding some specific areas.
1. In prior setups, I used erasers to immobilize the platter. They usually held in place for 90% of the time, and then they would pop out, leading to me having to start over on whatever step I was on. This time, I'm going to tape the platter down. Do you just use that blue painter's tape? I'd think you'd want something that isn't going to rip the paint off of the turntable.
2. When I use a test record to check anti-skating, I get confused as to what distortion in a certain channel means. If the left channel distorts, do you increase or decrease anti-skating (and vice versa)?
3. Should perfect tracking be the end-all, be-all of the test record? When I set up my last cartridge, the tracking tests didn't seem to work too well. My tracking force was set at 2g (manufacturers recommended is 1.8-2.2); after experimenting, I was only able to get near perfect tracking by raising it to over 3g. This led me to wonder if (given that I had to go so far out of the recommended range) I was sacrificing other things (bass, treble, dynamics, etc) by focusing on tracking.
Thanks!
1. In prior setups, I used erasers to immobilize the platter. They usually held in place for 90% of the time, and then they would pop out, leading to me having to start over on whatever step I was on. This time, I'm going to tape the platter down. Do you just use that blue painter's tape? I'd think you'd want something that isn't going to rip the paint off of the turntable.
2. When I use a test record to check anti-skating, I get confused as to what distortion in a certain channel means. If the left channel distorts, do you increase or decrease anti-skating (and vice versa)?
3. Should perfect tracking be the end-all, be-all of the test record? When I set up my last cartridge, the tracking tests didn't seem to work too well. My tracking force was set at 2g (manufacturers recommended is 1.8-2.2); after experimenting, I was only able to get near perfect tracking by raising it to over 3g. This led me to wonder if (given that I had to go so far out of the recommended range) I was sacrificing other things (bass, treble, dynamics, etc) by focusing on tracking.
Thanks!