HELP with my Acoustic Research XA! [message #12433] |
Mon, 08 August 2005 10:16 |
kevin
Messages: 12 Registered: May 2009
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I need help with my XA Turntable!!!! I recently replaced the cartridge with a Shure 97XE and it sounded better than ever (I set the force to 1.25g) but this morning when I went to play a record the left channel was gone. Upon further inspection, I realized that there was sound coming out of the tweeter, and vibration from the speaker woofer, but barely audible sound. I swapped speakers, tested a few records, tested the amp, and everything else checked out fine, so the problem lies in the turntable. Has this happened to anyone before? Could it be a stylus or cartridge problem? I checked the stylus and the diamond tip seems to be sharp and I cleaned off any dust there was on the cartridge. I did buy the cartridge on ebay, but it was brand new when I bought it. If someone could get back to me ASAP that would be great! This is my first time using this forum so I don't exactly know if it will forward your responses to my email or not. If not, could you just email them to my address: absolutkj@yahoo.com
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Re: HELP with my Acoustic Research XA! [message #12440 is a reply to message #12436] |
Tue, 09 August 2005 07:58 |
kevin
Messages: 12 Registered: May 2009
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I replaced the cartridge and there was no improvement so I borrowed my friends multimeter, and sure enough, there was no coninuity through the left RCA output. There must be either a short in the wire or something got disconnected. I'm going to open everything up today and go to work on it. Thanks for your advice.
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Re: HELP with my Acoustic Research XA! [message #12453 is a reply to message #12446] |
Thu, 11 August 2005 15:19 |
Dominic
Messages: 29 Registered: May 2009
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before doing anything serious like rewiring the toanarm or resoldering the spider wires, check the contacts between the headpiece and the toanarm. It's the first place I would ever look for trouble and very often where the problem is. good luck.
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