You will need to change stylus. The cantilever suspension is probably damaged if not destroyed.
Bent stylus or normal? ~5-10 degrees off horizontal when looking directly from the front
Hi all,
My right channel has been making occasional cracking, so after checking all the wires, tracking force, anti-skate, etc. the only thing left was the 2-week old Shure M97eX cartridge I installed (alignment is dead on). I took the headshell off with the cartridge and notice the little metal housing the stylus needle is embedded on sits at a slight angle. Looking directly from the front it looks like the left side of tilted up just a little higher, meaning the needle itself points to almost 7:00 instead of 6:00 (straight down).
is this the design, or is bent?
Thanks!!
My right channel has been making occasional cracking, so after checking all the wires, tracking force, anti-skate, etc. the only thing left was the 2-week old Shure M97eX cartridge I installed (alignment is dead on). I took the headshell off with the cartridge and notice the little metal housing the stylus needle is embedded on sits at a slight angle. Looking directly from the front it looks like the left side of tilted up just a little higher, meaning the needle itself points to almost 7:00 instead of 6:00 (straight down).
is this the design, or is bent?
Thanks!!
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Just read Yogiboys suggestion on a different thread suggesting swapping the left/right channel tubes. Gave that a shot, no change unfortunately. should I swap the left and right channel on the actual cartridge to see if that does anything, or are the visual signs of the stylus I described enough to say that is the culprit? |
Just found another forum where someone posted a fantastic photo of their Shure M97xE from the front. It looks IDENTICAL to mine. Scroll down the page about 75% of the way. He overlayed blue lines on the image and calculated the degrees it was off to be about 3.6. check it out: http://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=70115 |
hockey - Based on that VinylEngine thread (great thread, by the way) I assume you are returning the Shure? If you haven't yet, It would probably be help to reverse leads from your TT and see if the crackling moves to the other channel. Also, do you have any kind of test record? Maybe check L&R channel balance. Overall tracking etc. Good luck. |
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