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I wish I had a device that would delay lowering my TT arm

I love spinning records, but I wish I had a device that would delay lowering my  TT arm until I return to my easy chair about 8 feet away from the turntable.  I always miss the  the full effect first couple of bars of my favorite music. Do any of you see this as an issue?  Can any of you suggest an answer?  Maybe one of those remote control small motors that you can get at a hobby shop coupled with a rig that would lower the lever on the VPI Classic or similar TT?  Thanks.
mazikrav
czarivey
5,946 posts
 
My fingers are still precise to land unpivot Shure Brothers arm of broadcast turntables manually without help of cue lift.
In your case regardless of speed of landing, I would control lowering speed manually and while doing so would correct position at the same time or just like I've mentioned above land it manually. 
If you lack precision, you can get some training gear or cheap record with cheap cartridge and practice landing manually and precise.
miketuason
337 posts
 
Have another person lower the arm for you or lower the stylus as close as you can at the edge of the vinyl without falling off.
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bdp24
10,150 posts
 
Decca made a motorized cueing arm with a hard-wire control in the 70's, but I've never seen a used one for sale.
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chakster
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@shadorne
Change your damping fluid on the arm control lever to something thicker.

I have to fix the armlift on my Lustre GST-801, any ideas which fluid to buy and where? Thanks
kennythekey
593 posts
 
Like tooblue, I can move the lever slightly forward to really slow the decent, but I don't do that. It looks like I've picked up a habit from back in the day, where I wait for the arm to drop and then turn up the volume. This makes me scurry back to my chair to catch the start of track. I do the opposite when record ends. Am I alone in this practice (LOL)?

chakster - I too have a GST 801 packed away that needs lifter fluid, so also looking for a source for that.
Kenny
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