"David Goodwin" wrote in message

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 05:30:23 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:

Have I missed something? I can't find out what turntable you have.

Denon DP-7J.

Big could actually be any. The stylus should be perfectly clean.

I don't see anything, in any case...

That would be mistracking. When I listened to your samples I noticed
that the problem seems to be far worse in the right channel.

I've noticed that too. Why *is* that? My old stylus had a similar
problem (its right channel was distorted) and that's why I replaced
it...could part of this have carried over thanks to tracking weight
errors?

Stylus force is often adjusted by means of a spring or a dial near
the pivot point of the tone arm, or by means of adjusting the
position of the counterweight. Does your turntable have any
adjustments associated with its counterweight? If you try to rotate
it, does it rotate? If it rotates, does it move along the length of
the tone arm?

I'll have to investigate this more thoroughly...obviously, I'm kinda
squeamish re. changing/adjusting things I'm not sure are supposed to
be changed/adjusted.

Things like tracking force and anti-skating are usually designed to be
changed.