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My wife touched my turntable - help please

Last night with friends over and me exhausted a minor accident occured. The record had finished while I was checking on the kids and my wife lifted up the arm on my turntable by hand(Audiomeca romance tonearm and table, benz ruby 2 cartridge) ie without using the lifting mechanism. I have examined the cartridge and the stylus seems centered but perhaps a little less angled than before (when the stylus is on the record the body seems lower down though not touching the record - though I have not tried it on a more warped record). I suspect she may have put a bit of downward pressure on it. I hope this explains what I think happened. Short of retipping, my temptation is to just leave it be but comments from vinyl pros would really be welcome. Does one always go through the manufacturer to retip if this should ever need to be done. Please no harrassing regarding my wife, she meant well. Thanks in advance.

Gary
gajgmusic
stealth93es
64 posts
 
Be very careful! She may remind you that 1/2 of that turntable belongs to her! LOL

Sounds like everything is OK, just teach her how do it correctly. Her half anyway!

Good Listening,

Smiles,

Michael
ljgj
955 posts
 
Try a test record on it.
subaruguru
1,376 posts
 
What's a furntable? I've enjoyed fiddleheads in salads and odd veggie dishes, but I didn't think one could...oh nevermind.
gajgmusic OP
175 posts
 
To all that replied thanks very much. The reassurance was greatly appreciated. I have listened quite a bit and everything sounds great so I suspect there is really no issue. I do appreciate the advice and am probably to uptight when it comes to the cartridge. I should just be happy my wife likes the music but I will educate her about how to lift it up and I will work on my speling

Gary
4yanx
1,576 posts
 
My advice, if desired...tell your wife she did a GOOD thing by lifting the arm at record's end. Tell her she has the makings of an expert and show her how to cue the arm properly, using cueing arm and by "hand". Go a step further and show her the proper way to select, clean, spin, remove, and store an LP. Then, when the next record ends, give her a title of choice and tell her you'd like her to do the honors because she is soo dang good at it.....while you ease back further into your chair.
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