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Old 21st Mar 2017, 5:29 am   #2
GP49000
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Default Re: Is blu tak the magic cheapo option for non audiophiles?

Besides damping vibrations in the headshell/cartridge, the Blu-Tak also increases mass at the playing end of your tonearm. Increased mass is not bad. With a low or medium-compliance cartridge, too low a tonearm mass can cause the mass-compliance resonance to be too high, into the audible range. It could be that the increased mass has put your resonance down farther toward the desired 12Hz range.
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