Tracking Force Suggestions for Stanton 500.v3 Cartridge?, DJ cart with range of 2 - 5 grams. Using for hi-fi play |
Tracking Force Suggestions for Stanton 500.v3 Cartridge?, DJ cart with range of 2 - 5 grams. Using for hi-fi play |
 Jul 8 2010, 07:07
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Supposing I've got a brand new Stanton T.92 USB turntable and I'm getting ready to produce some samples.
It comes with a pre-mounted (and presumably pre-aligned) Stanton 500.v3 cartridge. As a DJ cartridge, it has a wide range- 2 to 5 grams- and no specific recommendation within. The tonearm is balanced and the counterweight dial zeroed. What tracking force do you think I should set? Normally the consensus is to set the tracking force near the top of the range and I'm inclined to use 4.5 grams. However, as a DJ cartridge, the top of the range is designed to ensure stability amidst violent scratching motions, which I won't be doing. Maybe 4.5 is overkill for trackability. So, I'm throwing the question open to HA to see if we can't come to an agreement before I began sampling.  Balanced and Awaiting a Tracking Force Figure This post has been edited by Knowzy: Jul 8 2010, 07:09 |
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Jul 27 2010, 09:34
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What you're describing can often be the result of incorrect bias. Is the mistracking always in both channels or just one? If it's just one channel or sometimes both and sometimes just one it points to a bias problem - especially as you don't seem to have any trouble tracking the test in the centre of the record.
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Jul 27 2010, 16:45
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QUOTE (botface @ Jul 27 2010, 01:34)  What you're describing can often be the result of incorrect bias. Funny you should mention that. I was playing with anti-skate adjustment last night and found that the component responsible for it (a spring?) may be sticky. I was playing the innermost track and adjusting the bias wildly to see if it had any effect. From 7 to 0 and back to 7. The mistracking continued unabated. Then, out of the blue, the mistracking stopped. I can now play all three tracks without hearing mistracking and it doesn't matter where I set the anti-skate. I think you might be on to something! The +16dB track still mistracks, though. In other news, I broke out the tracking force scale and found the counterweight to be unreliable. Here are the readings I got:
Assuming I can get bias working correctly, perhaps I should set it to the figure on the scale rather than the dial.    |
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Sep 20 2011, 18:46
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I have the same table. this is some great info.
This post has been edited by db1989: Sep 20 2011, 21:36
Reason for edit: deleting pointless fullquote of prior post
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Knowzy Tracking Force Suggestions for Stanton 500.v3 Cartridge? Jul 8 2010, 07:07
Axon Would it be too snarky of an answer to say that th... Jul 8 2010, 21:50
Knowzy Before I say too much more, I should disclose that... Jul 8 2010, 22:28 Knowzy I posed this question to Stanton's tech suppor... Jul 9 2010, 00:04 Canar QUOTE (Knowzy @ Jul 8 2010, 18:04) The cu... Jul 9 2010, 00:50 RonaldDumsfeld The real answer is to experiment and find out for ... Jul 9 2010, 04:07 botface Don't you have a test record? If not I'd s... Jul 9 2010, 09:01 Arnold B. Krueger QUOTE (botface @ Jul 9 2010, 04:01) Don... Jul 9 2010, 11:41 Knowzy QUOTE (Arnold B. Krueger @ Jul 9 2010, 03... Jul 9 2010, 18:26 botface Aren't those tracks for setting bias? I have H... Jul 9 2010, 19:09 Knowzy QUOTE (botface @ Jul 9 2010, 11:09) Aren... Jul 10 2010, 07:07 Knowzy Using the +15dB track, I tested down to 2.25g and ... Jul 12 2010, 01:09 botface I can hear mistracking in the right channel of the... Jul 12 2010, 09:57 Knowzy QUOTE (botface @ Jul 12 2010, 01:57) I ca... Jul 12 2010, 22:47 2Bdecided QUOTE (Knowzy @ Jul 12 2010, 22:47) Axon ... Jul 13 2010, 14:04 2Bdecided Yes, it's important to remember that once the ... Jul 12 2010, 13:07 botface QUOTE If you can hear mistracking then clearly I d... Jul 13 2010, 09:00 Knowzy QUOTE (botface @ Jul 13 2010, 01:00) If y... Jul 13 2010, 18:11 Knowzy The Short Version
I found my tracking force: 4 gra... Jul 14 2010, 06:20 cliveb QUOTE (Knowzy @ Jul 14 2010, 06:20) Then ... Jul 14 2010, 11:02 Knowzy QUOTE (cliveb @ Jul 14 2010, 03:02) envir... Jul 15 2010, 16:16 Knowzy I'm now using 5 grams of tracking force (the t... Jul 26 2010, 22:48 Glenn Gundlach When I worked in stereo stores, I recommended usin... Sep 20 2011, 23:08 |
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