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dinker11 · 21st Mar 2017, 9:37 am

Thanks for all of your replies and suggestions.

I can see that there is a lot of science and mathematics behind matching carts/headshells and arms together which is somewhat beyond my scale of understanding but as paul has suggested, It does sound better so I'll leave it in place and give it a few weeks of test play.

I'm tracking it slightly higher than normal as it's been suggested that too high a tracking force is less wearing on vinyl than running too light and it seems to be sounding great when playing mostly 12 inch 45's which have a high level of groove modulation.

Thanks once again for all of your help but just wondering if anyone else keeps blu tak in their toolbox for other fixes?

21st Mar 2017, 9:37 am	#5
dinker11 Tetrode Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Walthamstow, London, UK. Posts: 54	Re: Is blu tak the magic cheapo option for non audiophiles? Thanks for all of your replies and suggestions. I can see that there is a lot of science and mathematics behind matching carts/headshells and arms together which is somewhat beyond my scale of understanding but as paul has suggested, It does sound better so I'll leave it in place and give it a few weeks of test play. I'm tracking it slightly higher than normal as it's been suggested that too high a tracking force is less wearing on vinyl than running too light and it seems to be sounding great when playing mostly 12 inch 45's which have a high level of groove modulation. Thanks once again for all of your help but just wondering if anyone else keeps blu tak in their toolbox for other fixes?