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Well tempered question?

Hello,
I recently bought a traded-in Well Tempered turntable that has a Grado Sonata installed. The damping material, in the arm cup, seems a bit high as i move the arm from side to side. I have the original owner's manual but it doesn't reference what the damping material viscosity should be for the arm. I apologize if this has been covered before, but does anyone know what the Well Tempered folks would have packed with the table?
Thanks!
tapepath
lewm
13,423 posts
 
And the viscosity of peanut butter is....?
I confess I have developed an antipathy toward that WTR tonearm. It does not hold VTF or azimuth, and it is over-damped (admittedly possibly due to something my friend did to it; he is now suffering from early stage of Alzheimer's and cannot remember what fluid he put into it).
tapepath OP
17 posts
 
I guess I haven't reached that level of frustration yet. My other turntables are a Maplenoll and an AR, two widely divergent designs that seem to be at opposite ends of the "pain-in-the-neck" scale. The WT seems somewhere in the middle and I like the originality of the designer.
I believe Skippy Creamy is 220,000 cSt at room temperature.
Cheers!
chashas1
596 posts
 
Hi Lewm
The arm's damping can be changed by lowering or raising the paddle in the cup. Once correct damping is set then it's forget and play. In the newer Amadeus it's as simple as lowering or raising the cup for damping.. Can't remember if my Ref worked that way or not.
lewm
13,423 posts
 
I gave up. My dear friend is not using the WTR any longer. He and I watch movies instead.
chashas1
596 posts
 
LOL.
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