Numark TTUSB tonearm adjustment Options

[rocket_pc]

I have first browsed the wiki for this, though only a few minutes. My question is about adjusting the tone arm on the Numark TTUSB. Can anybody tell me where there are instructions on adjusting the counterweight on the tone arm of the Numark TTUSB and adjusting the anti-skate mechanism?

I got the turntable yesterday. The instructions in the operator's manual is insufficient, with only a few sentences on the subject that seem very ambiguous to me.

The manual says,

...there should be a feeling of weight and resistance when the head shell is raised and lowered. Begin rotating the counterweight clockwise (away from the pivot point) until the weight and resistance feeling is gone. If done properly, the tone arm will pivot with very little resistance back and forth indicating that there is exactly 0 grams of stylus pressure. With the counterweight in its new position further away from tone arm pivot point, grasp the scale ring of the counter weight and rotate it until "0" is in the vertical position. Finally, rotate the counterweight (and scale ring) counter-clockwise (towards the pivot point) until the desired amount of weight is reached. If the scale rotates 360 degrees beyond the zero point, the new scale ring reading should be added to 3.5.

I don't understand these instructions at all. I remember seeing somewhere last month, when shopping for this, mention of some website or other with instructions on adjusting the tonearm and antiskate functions.

Thank you, in advance, for your attention on this subject.

Don

This post has been edited by greynol: Dec 11 2009, 22:04

Reason for edit: Please use the default font. Placed quote in the proper container.

[rocket_pc]

Thank you for your reply, cliveb and knowsy, It would be nice if this Numark TTUSB had a tonearm with fine adjustments - a threaded counterweight. I'm not going to worry about it. I'll follow the instructions at the begining of this tread, on tonearm adjustment.

I don't know that much about turnables yet. From the specifications shown here of the Ortofon OM 5E and the Numark TTUSB, I can't really distinguish the difference other than the tracking force - to replace the Numark. I noticed when looking up a Stanton (mentioning below) review that the sperical has less "burn" factor than the eliptical, however compromised sound. I am figuring the round needle compensates for damage by the heavy tracking force.

From the review, <http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/frr.pl?ranlg&1179802283&read&3&4> it appears that the Ortofon OM 5E is a darn good cartridge.


Notice down in the article he suggests that it is of no use to replace a cartridge on a "cheapy" turntable with the Orofon. I don't know if this includes the Numark TTUSB:

"It just does not pay to put a highly compliant expensive cartridge in a cheapy turntable. Believe me ...years ago when I was younger and fooling around with this stuff...I tried ! It just doesn't work ! Just try a Shure V-15 Type III in a Garrard SL-125B and you'll find out what I mean...no, don't try it ! The higher tonearm friction is just too much even for the cart here. A more appropriate stiffer compliance higher tracking force cheapy cartridge like the Stanton 500AL would be better here and yield surprisingly good results."


Maybe I should look up the Hydrogenaudio faqs about this: if there are vinyl cleaning tools neccessary and a how-to page. With a quality needle like this, I believe the LPs should be rid of dirt. When I tried recording several years ago (2001 or other) I had gently washed some of the records in dishsoap water. That may be sub-standard here, I don't know. I'll use a camera lens brush to remove dust from the needle.


Is there a place to report trojans on websites? Maybe I should call Mcafee. There was a trojan at Sam Ash music that began to download onto my computer when clicking on their number for Skype (from the google listing). McAffee found it when I scanned my computer immediatly afterward. This is the second time I got a trojan from that link. (I had forgotton about it since the last time it happened.)

Don