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Jerry I had a problem with the Thorens TP90 arm with hum using the GP390.
It turn out to be the earthing between the shaft and bearing in the arm pillar, it was reading about 12 ohms my only conclusion was there must be some corrosion between the different metals. The only way to solve it was to adding a wire between the bearing shaft and the pillar.
Just a thorough with no music playing and the volume turn up, does it still hum when you place your hand near the tonearm?
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Thanks SharifOriginally Posted by Audioflyer
I've plugged the output of my phonostage into a Behringer DEQ2496 so I can see what is going on with the hum.
Main hum output is tightly centred at 50Hz - so mains earthing of some sort, I guess.
But there are also hum/buzz components 300-500Hz or so and some broader band lower level buzz in the region of 1-2KHz.
The hum increases when the cartridge is over the platter - whether the turntable is powered up or not. Magnetic effects from the direct drive motor?
But the main issue is the 50Hz hum - and a notch filter on the Behringer gets rid of that without noticeable effect on the music. The other noise is almost always not discernible when music is playing.
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thought I'd try the direct attachment doohickey rather than use photobucket ...
Coo, it worked.
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Have you only got one screw holding that cartridge in?
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And there was me thinking you wouldn't notice.
Damn vinyl setup/spares box is 80 miles away. I was lucky to have 1 screw that fitted.
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I have no experience of the Philips ceramic cartridge, but at the risk of being of being repetitive, I love the Philips GP range of magnetic cartridges. Hardly anyone mentions them.
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Disgracelfully lazy... Dislike attachmentsthought I'd try the direct attachment doohickey rather than use photobucket ...
Coo, it worked.
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Even the head of the bolt doesn't look tightened - it is way above the headshell.
Sorry Jerry, but...
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There's an interesting looking Philips moving coil cart on t'Bay at the moment ...
Not set up right, though - 2 bolts is for wusses.
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