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Yeah, you are going to want to remove that rubber mat. == == The nice thing about Windows is - It does not just crash, it displays a dialog box and lets you press 'OK' first. On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, 72.03.24 161.70 wrote:

quoted 16 lines My turntable came with a pretty heavy rubber matt on top of the metal

> My turntable came with a pretty heavy rubber matt on top of the metal > platter. Do I have to remove the rubber matt when I want to use a slipmatt ? > If I place the slipmatt on top of the rubber matt, is it necessary to adjust > the height of the turntable arm ? I'm a bit puzzled here, just don't want to > ruin my precious records due to a bad turntable setup ... > > > IDM WARP ZONE > http://users.skynet.be/idmwarpzone/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >

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On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, 72.03.24 161.70 wrote:

quoted 5 lines My turntable came with a pretty heavy rubber matt on top of the metal

> My turntable came with a pretty heavy rubber matt on top of the metal > platter. Do I have to remove the rubber matt when I want to use a slipmatt ? > If I place the slipmatt on top of the rubber matt, is it necessary to adjust > the height of the turntable arm ? I'm a bit puzzled here, just don't want to > ruin my precious records due to a bad turntable setup ...

You didn't mention the make or model of your turntable (1200s?), but in general, you want to try to calibrate all of the following for the best sound replication: 1) tracking weight (to the min setting that tracks reliably) 2) anti-skate (at the setting which minimizes channel distortion) 3) tonearm height (parallel to the record surface) 4) vertical azimuth (perpendicular to the record surface) 5) cartridge alignment (tangential to the groove at two points) Not all turntables will allow you to adjust all of these (usually you get controls for 1 & 2 and can tune 5 by wiggling the cartridge). For the most part, you'll need to buy some special tools to do any of the above the proper way. Be warned that you will end up pissing away at least four or five hours straining your eyes, so it's probably not worth it unless you're particularly anal or have some sort of really cool turntable (like the one Lara Croft has in the Tomb Raider movie). Besides, if you really cared that much about your records, you'd probably dispense with the slipmat altogether as a potential source of vibration. -rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

The important word to note here is "slip" on the slipmat...it should be able to slip....thus, a large rubber (although beneficial from the point of view of protection) mat would stop the slip mat from slipping.... :) RoNAn ----- Original Message ----- From: "72.03.24 161.70" <matthias.hoys@skynet.be> To: "IDM@hyperreal" <idm@hyperreal.org> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:35 PM Subject: [idm] turntable slipmatt question

quoted 2 lines My turntable came with a pretty heavy rubber matt on top of the metal

> My turntable came with a pretty heavy rubber matt on top of the metal > platter. Do I have to remove the rubber matt when I want to use a slipmatt

?

quoted 1 line If I place the slipmatt on top of the rubber matt, is it necessary to

> If I place the slipmatt on top of the rubber matt, is it necessary to

adjust

quoted 1 line the height of the turntable arm ? I'm a bit puzzled here, just don't want

> the height of the turntable arm ? I'm a bit puzzled here, just don't want

to

quoted 11 lines ruin my precious records due to a bad turntable setup ...

> ruin my precious records due to a bad turntable setup ... > > > IDM WARP ZONE > http://users.skynet.be/idmwarpzone/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

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From: 72.03.24 161.70 <matthias.hoys@skynet.be>

quoted 2 lines My turntable came with a pretty heavy rubber matt on top of the metal

> My turntable came with a pretty heavy rubber matt on top of the metal > platter. Do I have to remove the rubber matt when I want to use a slipmatt

? It's better if you do. Otherwise the slipmat will wear out fast, and as you say the turntable arm will need to be adjusted or it will jump around, jump around! Anig Browl _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org