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Romy the Cat
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Boston, MA
Posts 10,062
Joined on 05-28-2004
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rom661 wrote: | Hi. I acquired and spent a lot of time on this
guy over the last few months. I've installed a Dynavector 507 MK II tonearm and
a Dyhavector XVS-1 cartridge. I read Romy's comments that in his
experience with the 8000 the belt doesn't affect the sound. I bought some
of the aramid fiber string and made a belt but have trouble keeping the speed
consistent. Not varying, just dropping down to almost half and staying
there. Bought a $20 "replacement" belt that seems to cause
static, which I don't understand. Now I'm seeing the SF-1 belt, some new,
which is fiber. I don't have a preference, just something that works
reliably and sounds good. I didn't even know the fabric one
existed. If anyone has suggestions, with sources, they are very
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rom661, Reading what you are
saying I do not think that your problem is with belt or with a type of the belt.
I do not know what setup you are running and what are your expectations but on
this type of the tables the type of the belt is kind of irrelevant at least
when the platter has reached the cruise speed. the fact that you report that
your platter drops speed in half is indication to me that your suspension most
likely not good. the RX-5000 has boll suspension which is most likely has 40
years old oil. Also, if the turntable was shipped a lot or heavy handled then
the bottom plate under ball rolling might be warped. each in signal 5000 that
I've seen had this problem and you need to reverse the plate and serve new oil.
I think the idea to put instead of the steel plate under the ball some kind of
contemporary ceramic material would be else not bad. I have written about it in
this site in the past, you can search it.
"I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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