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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
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
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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.
discnik OP
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It took a month to get the cartridge installed in the headshell by a local tech known as Turtleman (not counting the 2-3 weeks it took me to decide to do it myself or farm that task out). I haven't even installed it yet because I'm already running a TD-145, a TD-320, and a TD-160 Super and one of the first two will probably have to be idled to use the 160. That project is on my to-do list over the next week or so. IMO, you can't go wrong with a Thorens.
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