Seems like a problem...

Posted by mr.bear (A) on March 3, 2017 at 13:33:35

In Reply to: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) posted by waltjohns on March 3, 2017 at 04:02:57:

We should assume that any cartridge is designed for near zero lateral force. So bumping into the clamp with sufficient momentum to make it skip grooves is definitely not within its intended performance envelope. Thinking just in terms of the cartridge, I would never let that happen no more than I would go over and push the cartridge across a record without cueing it.

I appreciate your plan using the Shure cart to go through a load of records. I'm doing a major year+ long 'thinning the herd' using a sweet little vintage Sony DD turntable- fully automatic! It makes it easy to listen to a lot of LPs. It sounds surprisingly decent and works well with an ADC XLMii-Improved cart (but I look forward to putting my Dynavector XX back in service when this record 'curation' is done!)

You might not want to deal with this, just an idea: disassemble the clamp and have your local general-purpose machine shop chuck the disc portion on a lathe and reduce the diameter a few mm. It should be a 10-minute job. You could leave a little shiny aluminum beveled edge since as the machining will cut off the anodizing. You'd be a "modder" then, how cool is that?

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Topic - This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - waltjohns 04:02:57 03/3/17 (12)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - SgreenP@MSN.com 12:49:07 03/4/17 (0)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - waltjohns 09:08:53 03/4/17 (1)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - bare 12:13:38 03/4/17 (0)

(cartridge vs. clamp!) - hifitommy 22:50:24 03/3/17 (0)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - Roastaman 15:01:20 03/3/17 (2)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - tketcham 21:24:19 03/3/17 (0)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - Roastaman 15:09:09 03/3/17 (0)

Seems like a problem... - mr.bear 03/3/1713:33:35 03/3/17 (0)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - waltjohns 04:10:05 03/3/17 (3)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - CBrentC 22:50:53 03/3/17 (1)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - waltjohns 09:07:19 03/4/17 (0)

RE: This is probably nothing... (cartridge vs. clamp!) - waltjohns 04:35:33 03/3/17 (0)

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