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New Townshend Rock 7 owner

The Townshend is in transit to it's new home. I purchased this one-owner table as a package, complete w/ Funk Firm FXR ll arm, dc motor upgrade, Discovery Balanced phono cable and Brinkman PI cartridge. It come with all original boxes, manuals.

If all goes well, I should be able to get it up and running with one exception, my phono stage is not balanced. Since the original owner bought this from a respected dealer as a package, I think my best route would be to get a pair of RCA to XLR adapters in order to hear the package as close as possible as was intended.

Any thoughts on that aspect? What brand adapters would be recommended? Also, any thing I might need to know from experienced users to help with set-up? Thanks.
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nsp
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slawThanks
I think I may have the manual. I will look for it and review it. My dealer my be coming over in a couple of weeks and I can enlist his help also.

BTW- I think there is a Rock 7 w/ Merlin power supply and a Helius tonearm which the owner wants to sell. If you know of anyone interested or anyone who reads this forum with interest PM me for info.
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bdp24
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The U.S. distributor of Townshend does the same for Helius, and he always had a Helius Omega mounted on the Rock at hi-fi shows. It's real good arm that doesn't get much attention. The older Heliuses got a bad reputation, but the Omega's a different animal.
nsp
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bdp24You are correct I have heard the Rock 7 with the helius tonearm numerous times and was very impressed. In fact that combo help me decide to buy the Rock 7. But I opted for the triplanar tonearm for my setup.
nsp
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slawI couldn't find a manual for the Rock 7 on the vinyl engine website you listed.  I was able to locate my TT manual and the first thing I plan to do over the weekend is check the height of the turntable motor housing compared to the top surface of the chassis which is supposed to be even according to the pictures and written diagram.I would think that if the belt is rubbing on the bottom of the platter that the motor housing should be lowered slightly to give it more space away from the platter?
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slaw OP
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@nsp,

You keep writing "the belt is rubbing on my platter". This very statement is wrong. Your belt is rubbing on the metal plinth. 

It's important to get our/this portion correct. Going forward, you need to be able to distinguish between your platter and your plinth.
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