Cartridge Dragging On Vinyl

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Cartridge dragging on vinyl. A moving magnet cartridge has a magnet attached to the metal cantilever with the diamond. I recently received an audio technica at92e universal cartridge and stylus off of amazon. With my other cartridges it s easy to see how the tip is angled down correctly to get into the grooves of the records. I was excited to try it out because it came pretty highly.

This content is created and maintained by a third party and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. I m wonder if anyone has had an issue with the back of a ortofon 2m blue dragging against the vinyl at the beginning of each side. This has happened to me now with two separate turntables pro ject debut carbon and pioneer pl 530. There are several variables that may cause a machine to tear through material.

I got out a magnifying lense and the tip does look funky. It seems to be related to how flat a record is sorry some stuff is too rare to be guaranteed a perfectly flat. Dirt and static electricity may cause good records to sound scratchy. I lifted the arm to check and being an idiot probably i touched the tip of the needle very lightly with my finger tip and felt it go into the cartridge ever so slightly and then gently spring back out.

Fortunately this problem can usually be resolved with. Needles styli cartridges pick ups call them what you like every turntable has something that sits in the groove and reads the undulations in the groove wall. I lowered the arm again and found that the cartridge was no longer dragging so whatever i did kind of fixed it. Know your moving magnets from your moving coils with our comprehensive introduction to cartridges.