Warbling on horns, piano and vocals


Got my 401 set up with my Schröder CB-L and there's a warbling on the horns and piano and voices with multiple cartridges. I swapped arms and the sound is pure, no warbling. Any thoughts about what could be wrong with the arm or installation of the arm?

dhcod

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I'm thinking it could be that the turntable is on a wall shelf and it's vibrating because it's sitting on something that's not massive enough. I'll test it today sitting on the hearth.

No, both arms- just in a different way.

I just put it on the hearth and the warble in one and the distortion in the other are gone. And now I've returned it to the wall shelf without the discs under the fat spikes so the spikes go right into the wood of the shelf and I lowered the spikes to their lowest level to reduce any play in the shel. It's about 60% better but still warbling and the other arm is distorting again. Or mistracking or whatever it actually is.

This table may be going away until we move in a couple years to somewhere I can fit a proper massive stand.