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What temperature is your cartridge?????

When I worked at Adcom on the Crosscoil high output moving coil we discovered that we had to measure frequency response and tracking at a particular temperature. If it was warmer the cartridge ( ALL CARTRIDGES) tracked better and were brighter and on a cold New Jersey morning they sounded dull and wouldn't track for beans. Install a lamp next to your turntable and small themometer. Never go below 72 degree F. You can literall fine tune a cartridge by heating it up or cooling it down. It has to do with the compliance of the rubber used in mounting the armature.
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ohlala
1,235 posts
 
That's cool, Albert. I thought you used that light just so you could see what you were doing :) I should have known there was some sonic motivation involved
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albertporter
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Ohlala, Right! It is dual purpose, thank goodness the sonics did not require the fitting of a fluorescent bulb, as the light from them is not near as pretty. ( Not to mention the noise they radiate ).
elgordo
530 posts
 
Years ago I knew a guy who heated up his EMT cartridge with a hair dryer before listening. And that's here in Florida where we are doing well to get the temperature under 82 degrees!
superclamp040b
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have had exactly the same experience like you all.
my solution: i have my two Atma-Sphere MA-2 amps located right next to my rig, the 2 kilo-watts of dissipation works wonders, no lamps no hairdryers needed.
what a crazy bunch we are.... i love it.
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