MG1 air- bearing tone-arm


I don't see any feedback on this arm. Has anybody here tried it? I want to set up my old Oracle and give it a spin. You can't beat the price. I also need help finding a belt?
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Showing 1 response by markshvarts

Hi

I've used MG-1 with excellent results on my Oracle Premiere Mk IV. Takes a while to set it up, and then you have to check it quite often for proper leveling (you need a small level and a Hex wrench to adjust the screws in the base of arm), so arm-tube does not have a tendency to slide in or out on the air bearing tube (sort of equivalent to anti-skate on pivoted arms). Set-up is much easier on non-suspended tables for sure, but I had to do with what I got :-) It is also a bit tricky to try position the air tube and connectors in a way that doesn't affect Oracle's suspension. I also used the table with suspension defeated by letting sub-platter rest on heavy lucite pucks. But then you might as well get a non-suspended table :-)

Oracle belts are available from www.turntablebasics.com for a measly $10 - $15. I compared them to original Oracle ones, and they seems to be identical.