Can't believe my floor is this bad...

[Pure_Brew]

...But it is!
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I downloaded an app level and couldn't believe what I was seeing, so I borrowed my neighbors precision level. The original house is over 100 years old and not built particularly well for it's day. No wonder anti-skate adjustments didn't seem right.

 

[speakerman1]

It doesn't have legs to adjust?

Larry

 

[Elite-ist]

Did it really take the thickness of a CD jewel case to bring your turntable to level? If your floor is that uneven I would be checking under your bed for rare coins.

As a side note, I have your jazz mix tape half completed, Joe. If you would PM me your mailing address, I should be able to get it on its way to you on Saturday.

Nando.

 

[Pure_Brew]

Just little rubber feet. That would be a lot to adjust too. I'll have to level the rack likely and re-adjust the table.

After rebalancing the tonearm and adjusting the weight, I settled on 1.6 grams. The anti-skate setting is only at about 1 gram.

This fixed some slight channel balancing and the last of the tracking errors. I'm usually more careful about things. Can't believe I missed this.

 

[Pure_Brew]

Did it really take the thickness of a CD jewel case to bring your turntable to level? If your floor is that uneven I would be checking under your bed for rare coins.

As a side note, I have your jazz mix tape half completed, Joe. If you would PM me your mailing address, I should be able to get it on its way to you on Saturday.

Nando.

Yeah Nando, this place is ancient, but it's been gutted on the inside except for the floors and a ceiling in one room. Actually it took 1 jewel case and 1 piece of heavy cardboard to level!

Good to hear about the tape. I've been off the taping wagon for a bit so that'll be fun to get back on.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[orange]

...But it is!
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I downloaded an app level and couldn't believe what I was seeing, so I borrowed my neighbors precision level. The original house is over 100 years old and not built particularly well for it's day. No wonder anti-skate adjustments didn't seem right.

You should play Rock Me Gently by Andy Kim

 

[jbeckva]

What was that old song?

There was a crooked man who had a crooked house
Had a crooked dog and crooked little mouse

(damn.. wish I could remember... it was an old "Dad" tune... heheheh)

Just joshin', of course..

 

[jbeckva]

What was that old song?

There was a crooked man who had a crooked house
Had a crooked dog and crooked little mouse

(damn.. wish I could remember... it was an old "Dad" tune... heheheh)

Just joshin', of course..

Heheh.. yeah, now I remember.. Serendipity Singers ~ Don't Let The Rain Come Down...

There was a crooked man and he had a crooked smile
Had a crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile
Had a crooked cat and he had a crooked mouse
They all lived together in a crooked little house

Such cool music from back then, now that I can remember it. Anywhoo.. thread poopin' over...

 

[speakerman1]

Just little rubber feet. That would be a lot to adjust too. I'll have to level the rack likely and re-adjust the table.

After rebalancing the tonearm and adjusting the weight, I settled on 1.6 grams. The anti-skate setting is only at about 1 gram.

This fixed some slight channel balancing and the last of the tracking errors. I'm usually more careful about things. Can't believe I missed this.

I just wanted to make sure before I asked this question. Isn't the anti-skate suppose to me the same as your weight? Shouldn't it be 1.6 grams. On the tables I have that are adjustable say to make it the same.

Larry

 

[Pure_Brew]

No not necessarily. As a general rule of thumb, yes. There are plenty of references either way. When I lower the tone arm, higher anti-skate will cause the tonearm to fall slightly to the right, not a huge deal, however, in some cases this could cause the tonearm to jump off/miss. If you manually place your tonearm on the record you can't see that. Also who knows what the table has been though since '76. A 1:1 ratio isn't always exact and its not unusual for the anti-skate to be lower in value.

Some say a more accurate test would be to use a grooveless record and then adjust for any movement during play.

What was that old song?

There was a crooked man who had a crooked house
Had a crooked dog and crooked little mouse

(damn.. wish I could remember... it was an old "Dad" tune... heheheh)

Just joshin', of course..

Heheh.. yeah, now I remember.. Serendipity Singers ~ Don't Let The Rain Come Down...

There was a crooked man and he had a crooked smile
Had a crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile
Had a crooked cat and he had a crooked mouse
They all lived together in a crooked little house

Such cool music from back then, now that I can remember it. Anywhoo.. thread poopin' over...

Lol thanks for that.

 

[stuwee]

Joe I second the groovless Lp method, it's what I've used for 30 years to set my arms up proper.

I have a suggestion for leveling equipment like TT's and even the racks you have them on, toilet shims!! They're actually for cabinets too, why they call them toilet shims is beyond me, anywhoo, Lowes has them...'Plumb Pak' makes them, part number PP836-49L...item # 247885, that's for the hard plastic ones, they also make a soft plastic set, about $3 for a pack of 8.

 

[Fairchild]

Leveling the rack is a good idea, not a lot of work and shouldn't show much.

A long time ago for other reasons I hung a TT from the ceiling, this can be a mafor wife problem though. It also give the benefit that walking across the floor won't affect the TT.

Jim