Balancing tone arm on MH mmf7 turntable
kevhed72
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Is the tonearm supposed to float freely with the cueing lever in the down position...I pulled the user manual offline but the manual is a bit confusing....trying to set up this bad boy this weekend......thx
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Set your tracking weight...Nice table by the way...
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Alright .....I have the tone arm at where it seems balanced and parallel to the platter.....now for the tracking weight based on what's in the manual....1.75.
The manual actually left out a step to lower the cueing lever when balancing the tone arm. -
Turntable setup is definitely a task for those with a touch of OCD!
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And the slippery slope into my record collection begins....
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Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
Looking good! How does it sound? -
Based on a half of day of listening.....glad I got back into it after all these yearsBlueMDPicker wrote: »Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
Looking good! How does it sound? -
Very cool! You may want to look into getting a scale to set your tracking force eventually. I haven't seen too many counterweight setups where the adjustment wheel actually gives you what you want. I got mine for around $20 several years ago and it still works fine (it has a calibration weight to make sure you're zeroed in before you use it).
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You were correct on the need for a tracking force gauge. After the initial counterweight setup, I used a Shure manual gauge, which was easy to do by the way, and found I was off quite a bit.
Folks, how about some recommendations on record cleaning machines? My budget maybe can be stretched to 400 for one...... -
the Okki Nokki is $499 a bit higher than your budget but have heard good things about it.
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I've owned the original Nitty Gritty (which I passed along to a forum member here) and (for the past 8 years) the VPI 16.5. The former is adequate for sure, but lacks vacuum fluid removal. IMHO the VPI can't be beat, unless by an even more expensive ultrasonic method. Both are above your stated budget if purchased new. Keep an eye out for a used unit. I purchased my VPI here used.
