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Help... my turntable is alive!

I am hearing a heartbeat through my turntable between tracks, and also when the music is very quite in the song's track. This noise is at 33 BPM in sync to the turntable rotation. It's very quiet unless of course the volume is turned up, but can clearly be heard. I don't think its rumble as it has a distinct "heartbeat" sound.

My turntable is a Basis 2500 with a Graham 2.2 arm and a Goldring 1042 cartridge set at 1.70 grams tracking force. Any guesses here? Is the bearing on the turntable shot?

Thanks
koestner
moonglum
619 posts
 

Dear Cleeds,

Positive, Neutral, Negative VTA are popular expressions which have been around for a while.

Put simply, it’s easier to type "Negative VTA" rather than "I arranged the tonearm so that the pivot was lower than the stylus" or a similar verbal "fudge".

You can call it "physically impossible" if you wish. Whatever floats your boat and makes you feel good.

;^)

Regards,

moonglum
619 posts
 

Dear Jim(Jea48),

We posted simultaneously so I didn't see your comment until the window refreshed.

Many thanks for posting that link. :)


It seems I’m not the only one with a "BS" problem ;^)

What a relief to know I’m in good company! :D


Bill


cleeds
6,067 posts
 
moonglum

Positive, Neutral, Negative VTA are popular expressions which have been around for a while ... You can call it "physically impossible" if you wish

There's simply no such thing as "negative VTA." You can call it possible, but that doesn't make it so.
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moonglum
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Never thought about it before but here's my take on it : if one considers that the pivot is the primary means of adjusting VTA and that the movement is constrained to the vertical axis, if one assumes that "horizontal"/"neutral" VTA is effectively "zero" on that axis then  raising the arm is deemed a "positive offset" while lowering the pivot is deemed a "negative offset".
It is possible that this is where the expressions have been formed.

If viewed in this way there is a logic to each statement even though you may not strictly be able to "Google" the origin of such a "convention"?


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