Something that scares the living crap out of me..

TroyD
TroyD Posts: 13,077
edited November 2009 in 2 Channel Audio
I'm taking apart the VPI Scoutmaster and boxing it up to take down to PF with me....

Every time I put the stylus guard on the cartridge, I damn near have a heart attack. One small slip, and a 500 dollar cartridge....RUINED.

Well, it's on there. The table is all boxed up...man, I need a beer to calm my nerves.

BDT
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited November 2009
    I make sure I NEVER wear long sleeves when I have plans to get anywhere near my turntable for just that reason.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,031
    edited November 2009
    Man, I thought you were talking about me for a second there..........
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited November 2009
    Oh, that's right up there.

    BDT
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,031
    edited November 2009
    Crap. I thought I'd slip under the ol' radar. Oh well.

    I hear ya' with the TT moving. I have a MMF-5 that was packed well and I had done it many times before. The last time I moved it? No sound and the lever that raises the arm failed. During repair? The platter dropped slightly and chipped/cracked.

    Damn, damn, damn. Enjoy the beer. :D
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited November 2009
    I hear you, ol' son.
    Because the stylus on my Clearaudio Virtuoso Ebony is nonreplaceable (well, not user-replaceable, at any rate) and I am a klutz (and we have evil kittehs in the house), I keep the stylus guard on it when not in use. I am convinced that it is a matter of when (not if) I will slip or otherwise eff up with the guard and end the stylus' little life.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,500
    edited November 2009
    I hear ya too! Who designs these things? My fingers are too big for the tiny guard that came with my cartridge. Maybe drink before so you are are relaxed...and if something does go bad, you are kind of numb to it.
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  • greg2350
    greg2350 Posts: 544
    edited November 2009
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,194
    edited November 2009
    I thought Liv4fam was back LOL
    Dan
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited November 2009
    mantis wrote:
    I thought Liv4fam was back LOL

    Nah...for Troy that was pure entertainment. ;)
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited November 2009
    I hear you on this one. Just this past Friday night, I was cleaning off my record with a microfiber towel instead of my carbon fiber brush and the edge of the towel caught the stylus on the Ortofon OM-30 cart on my new for me Project table and bent it. Ouch! Fortunately, it's very easy to replace on the OM-30, unfortunately the cheapest I could find a replacement stylus for is $190.00. I am such an idiot. I learned my lesson. Never get out of the boat, and never clean records with a mirofiber brush anywher near your styus!
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited November 2009
    Good advice,,Never get out of the boat ;)
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • Dawgfish
    Dawgfish Posts: 2,554
    edited November 2009
    Absolutely g** d*** right.....
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,767
    edited November 2009
    An excellent reason to buy carts that have built in guards! <jk> I know most of the higher end carts don't have guards built in. Its too bad really.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,804
    edited November 2009
    back in the ole days, some of the Shure cartridges had styli that retracted to protect themselves from certain forms of abuse (mostly lateral abuse) :-)
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