I'd thank to thank everyone here for their experiences and comments. I will try to address each of these now.
Concerning the MusicalSurroundings website, yes, I checked it out. And I will send a copy of my posting to them this weekend. I will share with this group any new bits of advice that might come my way. Thanks Kelly for this info.
I think twinstick's comments pretty much tell us that the process to set arm parameters is very cartridge dependent. So I will not bother to share the specific adjustments I have made to the Benz Glider installation other than the bottom of the rails are still one inch above the platter. I plan to experiment with this adjustment in time to see if tracking improves. Keep in mind that many LPs play all the way across with no problems....others tend to cause the stylus to stick and I assume it's record wear or dust. But I think the comment that the sensitivity here is an indication of the delicate nature of this system is a valid one. One note here is that I put on an LP this evening I bought this weekend used, I did not clean it, and it played all the way through with no problem.
One other bit of advice concerns position of the arm when it is lowered on the LP. I think there is a little too much play in the arm/railing interface....but maybe necessary for minimal friction. So when you set the arm down, you may need to jiggle the back of the arm to make the arm more perpendicular to the rails. This affects tracking in a major way! You can't just lower the arm and go.
I have no idea how to set an antiskating force. Is there a knob or screw on the arm assembly to do this? I too have the Telarc disk to play with such an adjustment.
Concerning Greg's comments, the angle seems to be between 10 and 15 degrees based on drawing a freehand angle and measuring with protractor. Based on my many years with the Linn, this angle was never so sharp. In fact I made an effort to keep the cartridge body parallel to the platter. But here it works fine. On ething for sure is that I have far more information coming from my LPs than I ever did with the Linn.
Yes, I have an owner's manual on the Ref turntable and 10 or so pages on the arm. This was clearly translated from german, but is in good english. However there is so much that I think they could have done a better job to condense this all in half the paper. If you email me, I'd be happy to share with you specifics as stated in this. Or send me your address and hopefully a photocopy will come out nice enough for me to mail to you.
One last adjustment to be made. The manual stresses that one adjustment is a MUST for optimum performance. Lower the arm almost all the way down on the platter. Move the arm from outer to inner. The stylus needs to be at the same distance from the platter all the way across. If not, the rail height needs to be adjusted for this. Remove the clear cover atop the arm assembly. There is a hex screw on each end of the rail that can be adjusted to make the rail parallel to the platter. You need to use the cardboard Linear Gauge for this adjustment.
Email me if you have specific questions. Thanks again.
John
Concerning the MusicalSurroundings website, yes, I checked it out. And I will send a copy of my posting to them this weekend. I will share with this group any new bits of advice that might come my way. Thanks Kelly for this info.
I think twinstick's comments pretty much tell us that the process to set arm parameters is very cartridge dependent. So I will not bother to share the specific adjustments I have made to the Benz Glider installation other than the bottom of the rails are still one inch above the platter. I plan to experiment with this adjustment in time to see if tracking improves. Keep in mind that many LPs play all the way across with no problems....others tend to cause the stylus to stick and I assume it's record wear or dust. But I think the comment that the sensitivity here is an indication of the delicate nature of this system is a valid one. One note here is that I put on an LP this evening I bought this weekend used, I did not clean it, and it played all the way through with no problem.
One other bit of advice concerns position of the arm when it is lowered on the LP. I think there is a little too much play in the arm/railing interface....but maybe necessary for minimal friction. So when you set the arm down, you may need to jiggle the back of the arm to make the arm more perpendicular to the rails. This affects tracking in a major way! You can't just lower the arm and go.
I have no idea how to set an antiskating force. Is there a knob or screw on the arm assembly to do this? I too have the Telarc disk to play with such an adjustment.
Concerning Greg's comments, the angle seems to be between 10 and 15 degrees based on drawing a freehand angle and measuring with protractor. Based on my many years with the Linn, this angle was never so sharp. In fact I made an effort to keep the cartridge body parallel to the platter. But here it works fine. On ething for sure is that I have far more information coming from my LPs than I ever did with the Linn.
Yes, I have an owner's manual on the Ref turntable and 10 or so pages on the arm. This was clearly translated from german, but is in good english. However there is so much that I think they could have done a better job to condense this all in half the paper. If you email me, I'd be happy to share with you specifics as stated in this. Or send me your address and hopefully a photocopy will come out nice enough for me to mail to you.
One last adjustment to be made. The manual stresses that one adjustment is a MUST for optimum performance. Lower the arm almost all the way down on the platter. Move the arm from outer to inner. The stylus needs to be at the same distance from the platter all the way across. If not, the rail height needs to be adjusted for this. Remove the clear cover atop the arm assembly. There is a hex screw on each end of the rail that can be adjusted to make the rail parallel to the platter. You need to use the cardboard Linear Gauge for this adjustment.
Email me if you have specific questions. Thanks again.
John