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The Vinyl Adventure
09-11-2009, 21:23
I came home the other day and found my tt at a very wonky angle resting against a speaker. one of the twats had jumped on it and made it fall over, in the proccess of doing this scratched moon safari. what i didnt notice until todaywas that the cantalever (is that wat its called ?? the bit with the diamond on??) was bent. i took the catridge off today and noticed it, touched it, and it snapped off! :steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam:
can anything be done to repair it? or do i just need to buy a new cart?
it was a oc9!
Spectral Morn
09-11-2009, 21:28
I came home the other day and found my tt at a very wonky angle resting against a speaker. one of the twats had jumped on it and made it fall over, in the proccess of doing this scratched moon safari. what i didnt notice until todaywas that the cantalever (is that wat its called ?? the bit with the diamond on??) was bent. i took the catridge off today and noticed it, touched it, and it snapped off! :steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam::steam:
can anything be done to repair it? or do i just need to buy a new cart?
it was a oc9!
Sorry Hamish but if the stylus shank is gone then no, its scrap. The situation you describe is exactly why we don't have cats....because if that happened to me it would be on a one way trip out the door.
Regards D S D L
Claim on house insurance is possibly the best bet. Getting someone to replace the cantilever (a special tapered and gold-deposited one with butt-mounted diamond) is going to cost as much as an exchange via an AT stockist (used to be 25% discount on a new cartridge IIRC).
Have a word with our Mr Cawley and try to make the deck pussy-proof ;)
P.S. I feel about Moon Safari the way Andre does about most modern pop/rock music...... :D
The Grand Wazoo
09-11-2009, 21:44
a special tapered and gold-deposited one with butt-mounted diamond
Despite every fibre in my body telling me to make a comment about this, I am going to resist the temptation.
The Grand Wazoo
09-11-2009, 21:46
Very sorry to hear of your plight Hamish. Your contents insurance should pay out on this - Mine replaced a Koetsu a few years ago after a side swipe.
Beechwoods
09-11-2009, 21:48
Despite every fibre in my body telling me to make a comment about this, I am going to resist the temptation.
I'm going to have nightmares tonight...
It's because I have a cat, that my TT is closed in a dedicated shelf. :(
The Vinyl Adventure
09-11-2009, 22:18
cheers guys, after the swearing and shouting had subsided, hannah pointed out that we have insurance for this sort of thing! ... still ahve to pay the excess though eh :( im so annoyed!.. i need to rethink the turntable stand i think!
i managed to change the little leds on it for uv ones today though... quite proud of my self for that... although i did burn my self on the soldering iron!
Dave Cawley
09-11-2009, 22:33
If like me, you have 6 cats, you have to make allowances, and make everything totally cat proof!
Maybe the insurance would pay for a Shelter 501??
BTW Hamish, http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4440 first image was taken with the new 50mm f/1.4, lovely lens.
Dave
The Vinyl Adventure
09-11-2009, 23:23
very nice! You have the afs right? Yeah, i have the old d version! They are very nice lenses indeed! If I am ever down your way I shall make sure to bring you my 50 1.2 ais to play with! It's not as good a lens, but it provides such a nice look:
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/n627140356_4995414_18.jpg
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/52193_1219713265.jpg
have you got into lightroom yet? there is a beta version of version 3 available for free download if you havent!
......
as a side note you should be proud of me after that convo we had where you had to explain how to install the time step.. i managed to do this today:
http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/951062a6.jpg
i might well give you a ring tomo to have a chat about this cart situation, if thats ok?
Dave Cawley
10-11-2009, 08:23
No problem! I'm in all day. 1.2, wow didn't know one existed! And yes the f/1.4 is the very new one, looks tiny on the D700. The 1.4 lets in 4x more light than the 2.8, quite a revelation for me.
Dave
The Vinyl Adventure
10-11-2009, 11:06
And the fact that you can shoot with the d700 at 1600 - 3200 without compromising the quality too much... It really opens up a lot of possibility!
Have you seen the new d3s? 102400 max iso! I'm not usually a spec junky... But that's impresive! It will prob be pretty poor at that level like the d3/700 is at 25600 but if it relative then it could mean the d3s is happily useable at 12800.. And that, frankly is very impressive! That's Speculation of course, but you get my point I'm sure?!
Anyway ... You might find this interesting http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/50mmnikkor/index6.htm
Hard luck Hamish, nasty! Make sure you check your household insurance exclusions though, in the past they used to exclude pet damage.
https://www.petplanet.co.uk/news_article.asp?article_id=979
If you have accidental damage cover, and tripped over and fell on the turntable, something like that would be covered, of course...
Dave Cawley
10-11-2009, 11:26
Hi Hamish
Well, well! A f/1.2!! I took the D700 and f/1.4 into a social gathering the other day. The lens is so small that it passed off as a consumer camera and produced some outstanding casual shots.
Low noise in social surroundings with no flash is why I upgraded to the D700, I was going to wait for D3 to come down in price and get a second hand body, but now everything has changed, I'll wait for the D3S to become second hand, 2+ more years perhaps?
Regards
Dave
The Vinyl Adventure
10-11-2009, 11:39
Dave, great minds think alike! I have been using my d3 with 50mm in the odd social gathering etc just the last few weeks! It is a little harder to get away with as a consumer camera, but fortunatly most of my mates let me off! There was an "oxjam" music festival thing in Worcester the other week, I got some great shots of some of the musicians! It really nice to use after getting used to it with my flash/massive difuser and big 24-70
Hi Hamish
Before you claim make doubly sure just what you are covered for. Don't forget to check on any no-claims on your cover because you stand a good chance on losing it next year. If I were you I'd claim for the whole t/t, send them that picture and say look, the arm is bent and the headshell/cartridge broke clean off, not that I'm encouraging you to make any fraudulent claims, no, no, never, ever, really, honest:lol:
Dave Cawley
10-11-2009, 13:29
When my house got struck by lightening a few years ago, I made a large claim. They offered half and said we could send in a loss adjuster. I said "bring it on". The guy came in, said "that's an expensive film scanner, wouldn't you be better of with a new digital SLR", and hence my D100 came into the house.
Dave
Mike Reed
10-11-2009, 17:09
Despite every fibre in my body telling me to make a comment about this, I am going to resist the temptation.
Yup! Eat more fibre; it's good for you. Then you'll be able to resist anything except temptation.
HAMISH. Every contents policy I've had has included accidental damage to AV kit (TV + audio). Your excess is probably only £50, and I've never heard of an 'accidental damage excluding cats' clause. Must admit that I didn't know that these buildings/contents policies came with n.c.b.s, though.
However, generally, any claim up to around £1000 is rarely investigated (i.e. loss adjusters), but it does help to produce receipts if you can. Good luck.
Cats are very musical creatures, I've found, and they love bass!
They love watching the labels rotating on a spinning LP too...... ;)
They love warm places... the hifi corner is always warmer... ;)
HAMISH. Every contents policy I've had has included accidental damage to AV kit (TV + audio). Your excess is probably only £50, and I've never heard of an 'accidental damage excluding cats' clause. Must admit that I didn't know that these buildings/contents policies came with n.c.b.s, though.
A lot (the majority?) of household policies have ncb's these days (typically 30%), that way they can quote you a low excess and then claw their money back on next years' bill should you make a claim, if you try elsewhere, surprise surprise, the new company know all about your claim history and quote you accordingly.
Think carefully before making a claim but if you do go ahead make sure you screw them because they are certainly gonna screw you back, you can be sure of that;).
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