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B&B Musmon <bbm1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hello,
> I have been using an AR-XA for almost 40 years, but only now am I
> trying to make it sound a little better short of putting on an
> expensive tonearm. Any one that knows these tables knows the tonearm
> is a weak link. The headshells are infamous for thread failures. If
> I can get it to work and I think I can others have used universal
> headshells but they do have to be slotted out most times to the get
> overhang right. You can buy them for as little as $6 but I found the
> SUMIKO-HS-12 which has extended slots and from my measurement won't
> have to be drilled out to get the proper overhang, it has an azimuth
> adjustment that I thought was a great idea, a bit pricey $50 with
> ****pping but if it does what I think it will it will be well worth it.
> I also like that is is solid and is rigid. But my question is about
> the azimuth adjustment. I have never had the capability to do this
> before. I know how to make the cable and I do have an old preamp(as
> all my equipment is old) that has a mono switch. I have read that the
> source also has to be mono, I don't think I have any mono records and
> the HiFi test records are pretty expensive but also have other
> advantages. I am confused because I am thinking that once you sum A
> and B channels that effectively makes the source mono.
>
> Any thoughts,
> Barry
Barry,
Azimuth adjustment by ear usually requires a mono source (LP). You are
trying to have identical tracks in which the stylus rides, because the
azimuth adjustment is a stylus adjustment. If you are summing the
output, then the output of that stage is mono--NOT THE SOURCE!
Greg
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