"Mephistopheles Jones" wrote in message
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Hey everyone, I'm looking for advice on what I think is called
"mistracking". I have a relatively new Music Hall MMF-5 which comes
with a Goldring 1012GX cartridge and Pro-ject tonearm. On loud
orchestral passages I always get a little static, some instability,
and harshness, especially in the higher frequencies.

Sounds like you're listening to a LP, right?

That would be called mistracking.

This is even with the volume turned low. Increasing the tracking weight
doesn't
alleviate the problem, either.

That would be called mistracking. The best tracking cartridges I've heard
come from Shure and Grado.

I noticed my tonearm is a little
high, so I used a thicker homemade mat (felt circles arranged in
concentric circles on paper). This doesn't cure the problem, though,
but I'm looking for other ideas. Do others have the same problem
with this turntable?

How the fact that you can have this problem with just about with any
turntable?

Also, where can I get a tool for adjusting the height of the arm? I
know about the two microscopic screws at the base, and according to
the Pro-ject instructions, an allen wrench is supposed to fit in
them. Do they make allen wrenches this small?

http://www.cvfsupplycompany.com/25pcalwrenhe.html

Lastly, does anyone else think the frequency balance of the Goldring
1012GX is just off? There seem to be gaps in certain ranges.
Percussion sounds incredibly nice, though, as well as piano on good
recordings. Lower brass instruments sound awesome too, but trumpets
(playing loudly) can give some of the aforementioned problems. Is
the Goldring 1042 much better, balance-wise?

The "aformentioned problem" is mistracking, not a frequency balance problem.

Same comments apply.