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Bent Slightly Out of Shape

I scored an almost-mint Thorens TD-160 turntable last week and remembering back to the one I owned in the mid-70s, an ADC cartridge sounded very good on it. I found an ADC XLM Mk II for a reasonable price on Audio Asylum Trader and picked it up. The cartridge looks to be in good shape, other than the cantilever/stylus assembly is slightly skewed, not dead-ahead straight. My thinking is that when playing records, it will be pulled back to the correct angle by the groove-walls. Does that make sense or is it just wishful thinking? I went ahead and bought a brand-new Grado Blue also just as insurance, but I really want to install the ADC.
discnik
discnik OP
161 posts
 
Thanks for the responses....I'll have a tech scope it out and see how that goes. My days of installing cartridges are long-gone, but vinyl is still my first love.
elliottbnewcombjr
5,461 posts
 
just curious,

did seller tell you it was skewed? 
discnik OP
161 posts
 
Not really, and some people might not notice, and as another member suggested, it may have come from the factory that way. I am going to install the Grado and have the ADC evaluated by my tech. At worst, I'll have it to use as a back-up, assuming it won't damage my vinyl.
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andysf
269 posts
 
KABUSA has ADC XLM MK II Improved NOS for $79.00 so not a big deal to replace it, in any case.  It is in the Specials section of his website.
audio2design
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@discnik ,

How are you liking the TD-160?  Friend asked me to put together a system for her son for christmas and I have an opportunity for a TD-160 MKii at what I thought was a really low price ($275) and appears to be in good shape. Her son likes retro, so she want to get something classic, as he will research everything.
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