How to dismantle Well Tempered for shipping?
jimbo3 said 20 years ago that there is There is hole for an allen head set screw on the right side of the plinth. The set screw loosens the arm for VTA or removal. Take the appropriate sized allen wrench, loosen the screw a couple of turns and gently pull the arm up out of it's hole. I cannot find any hole on the right side of the plinth...? I want to give a try with the arm on my LP12... |
I just went through part of this operation when I changed plinths on my LP12. The WTA arm is a royal pain to work with. Getting the silicone out of the cup was an exercise in frustration, as not all will be removed from the cup, leaving a nice mess. I did it with a syringe used to baste with, but it is not easy. The silicone liquid will spill everywhere, and it is a pain to clean up. This, IMO, is one of the biggest issues with ownership of the WTA. If I could source an arm that was more interesting sonically on the LP12, for a reasonable price, the WTA would be gone, because of this sole issue~ If you do mount your WTA on the LP12, I think you will be pleasantly surprised how great it sounds...and works with the old fruit box. |
I used to hear the WT Reference tonearm in my friend’s WT Reference TT, many times. Eventually, when he was finally suffering from dementia, I had to help him install a new cartridge, which caused me to have to fuss with that screw under the base of the TT to move the tonearm to adjust P2S and also I separately adjusted azimuth for the new cartridge. The downstream equipment was Berning ZOTL amplifiers driving Acoustat full range ESLs, so not too shabby. My overall impression was that the tonearm made every LP sound "good" but not real, kind of homogenized. In trying to set it up, I noted that it changed azimuth as the stylus traversed the surface of the LP; it would slightly roll over, counter-clockwise. Overdamped, I think accounted for the SQ. I did not come away with the determination that I would go to any great lengths to keep that tonearm in service, but obviously others feel differently. And it's possible that the TT itself contributed to the coloration. I do respect that. |
@lewm My ’WTA’ Black arm replaced my older Ekos 2. The improvement in sound staging, particularly the sense of depth was very noticeable. The only arm that might...might be better on the LP12 is an Ekos SE, but even that is not a 100%. I have done an ’AB’ with the WTA against the Ekos-SE, same components except for arm cabling. The WTA was using Nordost Tyr phono cabling, while the Ekos-SE used the stock Linn T Kable.. The results was that the Ekos-SE has slightly more bottom end reach, but the WTA was still the soundstaging champ. The Ekos-Se was a lot easier to set up..and keeps it set up way better, but cannot adjust azimuth, which I think is a failing of the arm. |
