An issue has popped up after listening to a record a few times. Well 2 issues. Sound is a bit muffled, but I think the needle has been a bit squashed. Will order a new one. Bigger problem is that the worm drive to lift the tonearm doesn't always engage properly. I think there is a bit of wear, so maybe it needs a shim or something to get it to work more reliably. Part 2 will show the problem, and the fix.
Linear tracking is the most accurate way to follow the groove, Tangencial tone arms tend to skew a little bit off at the beginning and at the end of the record's spiral groove, that can cause phase drift between the left and right channels, not noticeable to most people but it's there. For monophonic records this is not an issue at all.
An issue has popped up after listening to a record a few times. Well 2 issues. Sound is a bit muffled, but I think the needle has been a bit squashed. Will order a new one. Bigger problem is that the worm drive to lift the tonearm doesn't always engage properly. I think there is a bit of wear, so maybe it needs a shim or something to get it to work more reliably. Part 2 will show the problem, and the fix.
Linear tracking is the most accurate way to follow the groove, Tangencial tone arms tend to skew a little bit off at the beginning and at the end of the record's spiral groove, that can cause phase drift between the left and right channels, not noticeable to most people but it's there. For monophonic records this is not an issue at all.
I don't really know what the attraction is to the old style, besides simplicity.