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    Not wanting to teach anyone how to suck eggs, why waste money on that silly thing with a point on to mark where the hole goes. Get a flat piece of wood, 6mm thick will do, drill a hole the size of the spindle, then measure the pivot to spindle distance and drill a hole the size of a pencil, job done and costs pennies if anything at all. It stays flat and more accurate than wobbling about on the spindle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ReggieB View Post
    To be honest, I didn't hear it beforehand. Where am I going to hear one of these arms in an LP12? I've been working myself up to changing the arm for a while. I'd been considering a Jelco SA-750D but hadn't bitten the bullet. Then I read the reviews of the Phonomac fettled AT-1010 and it seemed to tick all the boxes for me: A good quality arm, with a detatchable headshell (I want to experiment more with cartridges), that wasn't going to break the bank. I also liked the fact that is was something a little unusual. If it doesn't work out I expect I'll be able to sell the arm on ... though I'm obviously hoping that's not going to be the case.
    I just wondered if you been to hear one anywhere, doesn't have to be on am LP12!!!

    I am sure you are going to be more than happy with the arm.

    Congratulations on your purchase.

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    Join Date: May 2010

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    Quote Originally Posted by paulf-2007 View Post
    Not wanting to teach anyone how to suck eggs, why waste money on that silly thing with a point on to mark where the hole goes. Get a flat piece of wood, 6mm thick will do, drill a hole the size of the spindle, then measure the pivot to spindle distance and drill a hole the size of a pencil, job done and costs pennies if anything at all. It stays flat and more accurate than wobbling about on the spindle.
    The Beam Compass was purchased second hand for £15, and is a thing of beauty in my opinion. It made the job very easy, and I'm sure I'll find use of it again in the future.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bigman80 View Post
    I am sure you are going to be more than happy with the arm.

    Congratulations on your purchase.

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    Thank you. And thank you for your review which first brought my attention to the arm.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ReggieB View Post
    Thank you. And thank you for your review which first brought my attention to the arm.
    Ah! That's nice to know. Glad to have helped.

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    The screws have arrived.



    And the arms is in!!!!



    The arm being a little further to the right, and of course being a little different in weight to the Akito it's replacing, meant some adjustment to the suspension. But with that done all is looking good. I'll need to be careful of the positioning to ensure the arm clears the lid when it's refitted. So all good .... except ...

    ... no leads in the head shell. Bugger, something else I didn't check ... I did mention the incompetence thing before didn't I. However, looking good to everything being finished next weekend.
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    There's music coming out of my speakers - and the source is my AT1010 armed LP12. I've ordered some silver headshell leads, and they are taking a little longer than anticipated to arrive. Today I remembered where I had another headshell and by scavenging the leads from that I've got it up and running.

    To get the arm horizontal and still provide enough clearance for the arm to get off the rest and onto the record - whilst still being able to close the lid on their hinges has proved impossible. The arm lift just extends too far forward. However, if I remove the lid from it's hinges and lower in on it covers the deck nicely and is clear of everything. So the hinges are off.

    I also had to be a little careful with the position of the arm as if it's rotated too far clockwise (from above) the arm cable fouls the brace in the lower corner of the deck case. It took me a couple of goes to get it positioned so that it was clear and the suspension could move cleanly.

    One last issue to over come - I now have a main hum. It's not obvious when playing, but is very obvious between tracks and when the needle is off the record. If I touch the outer cover of the rca connector going into the phono amp, the hum is greatly reduced. So I think a problem within the turntable set up.

    However the good part - Once the needle is in the groove the music sounds very good. The two most obvious improvements are a very nice tight bass - more of it but very well controlled; and much sharper imaging. I'm listening to Peter Gabriel at the moment (His first solo album with Solsbury Hill) and he is very solidly placed between the two speakers, with the instruments clearly arrayed around him.

    So I'm getting there.

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    I think I may have fixed the hum. I think I didn't have the phono amp connected correctly. I've just had a little ferkle and reconnect and the hum had gone.
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    Oh and another improvement - greatly reduced surface noise. Unfortunately the quality of my photos hasn't improved. I'll have to get the camera out and do the deck better justice than my phone pictures provide.
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    Looking good Reggie
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