Micro Seiki DQX-500 Turntable resto-mod

J!m said:
There is no clear answer that I could find out there but i was trying to determine the significance/difference in the “X” suffix, and no suffix arms.

I did notice that the “X” suffix headshells have coaxial leads for the cartridge, and I believe they used it within the arm as well,where they could, but maybe not. The pivot area would be a problem but I can’t pin anything down otherwise.

I am reasonably certain it is not silver wire- popular theory is that is the “S” suffix arm, but one first hand account I read from a rewire, indicated silver plated copper wire as opposed to solid silver. Still nice and maybe even audible… due to signal amplitude I would expect subtle changes to be more audible here than elsewhere.
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The wire in both of my arms is copper and I had originally planned on replacing it but have two problems. First the stand alone arm has a female plug at the headshell end that I can’t get out without destroying it and the second is that since these use a torsion bar design for setting the tracking force, the wires have to travel under it to make the 90 degree turn down the main bearing tube. I don’t think I have enough room to snake the wires through without removing the torsion bar and I am chicken to go that far.
 
Seems reasonable.

No point throwing rocks at hornets nests unless prepared for what happens next....
 
George S. said:
Spencer, this link may help you get that female connector out. Never seen any of these high $ MS turntables first hand. Anyhow, this is how the AR guys do it. I'll be doing my AR-XB sometime soon using this technique.
https://vinylnirvana.com/ar-turntable-resources/ar-diy-do-it-yourself/rewiring-an-ar-xa-tonearm
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Thanks George, that is similar but unfortunately the connector on mine is down in the tube and heavily glued. I have some de-bonding stuff that I am going to try but confidence is low that it will work. If I could figure out how the arm tube attaches to the main body then i could push it out from the inside but so far I have not figured that out.
 
I’m baaack……well sort of.
Apologies for the long hiatus gentleman.
Long story short, major life changes, confusion and general chaos took me away from this great community. Never lost my passion for audio but I had to put it on hold while trying to find my way.
I haven’t done any audio projects for a couple years now and so I thought finishing this one would be a good start to getting back into it.
After reviewing where I was with this, I decided the dual arm project was a little too ambitious for the time I have available, so back to the original idea.
Lee, your Black Widow has been waiting patiently for this day and I have to say it does not disappoint.
 

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NeverSatisfied said:
I’m baaack……well sort of.
Apologies for the long hiatus gentleman.
Long story short, major life changes, confusion and general chaos took me away from this great community. Never lost my passion for audio but I had to put it on hold while trying to find my way.
I haven’t done any audio projects for a couple years now and so I thought finishing this one would be a good start to getting back into it.
After reviewing where I was with this, I decided the dual arm project was a little too ambitious for the time I have available, so back to the original idea.
Lee, your Black Widow has been waiting patiently for this day and I have to say it does not disappoint.
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Glad that you are back...
 
mr_rye89 said:
What's the cart?
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The cart came with the Widow from Lee.
I don’t have the specs in front of me right now, maybe Lee remembers? It calls for 1.5 g tracking force which is close to the limit of 2.0 g of the Widow. This version of the BW can use a silicone or oil dampening bath system but I haven’t tried this yet. When I get off shift I will post the cart specs.
 
laatsch55 said:
Glad to see the Widow found such a home....
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Lee, with just a basic setup and just running through the stock Carver test system, I was really impressed. I just set the overhang, set the tracking at 1.5 and the ant-skate at 1.5 and dropped the nail. Wow, crisp, clear, good channel separation and excellent tracking. I have a second BW arm and base that I bought for a backup or possibly the dual arm mod because I lost confidence in the Micro arms. Dual BW’s would be sweet, lol.
 
mr_rye89 said:
I'm curious because of the ultra low mass of that tonearm. I almost bought one years ago to use on my Wrek o Kut but didn't......

The silicone damping system is worth using IMO, I have the KAB one on my Technics and and have an Audiocraft tonearm that has it too.
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Found the specs
 

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laatsch55 said:
Was there an extra cart?? Seems i had 2...
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Not that I remember Lee but that was a long time ago and i have slept since then, lol.
During that faze I was collecting cart's like a mad man, so I will have to dig around. Do you think it was also a Acutex or something else?
 
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