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Re: Beo 2000 Tone Arm Balancing

Stoney3K — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:57:11 GMT

Heinrich VonEnryheiferConant:

Hmmm yes, that method sounds good...Have you ever heard of the clearance problem with the dust cover? Speaking of sounding good, Jethro Tull's Too Old to Rock n Roll (too young to die) really has some nicely nuanced string and percussion parts that I never realised before listening through my mmc-4---who knew?

The clearance problem is only relevant when you turn the counterweight too far back -- it will hit the black part of the dust cover hinges.

When you put the deck on CUE, there's a little piece of mechanics that prevents the arm from lowering (although you can lift it), if you adjust it to float in that position, the weight will have to be too far back and hit the back of the lid.

Upon receiving my SMMC4, i followed the procedure recommended by Soundsmith: Put a scrap record on the platter, and mount your cartridge SIDEWAYS (Yes, it will fit, although it'll be quite silent). This will prevent the stylus from getting damaged by accidentally impacting the record. Hit PLAY, and adjust the tonearm to float.

Zero and set the recommended stylus pressure (for MMC4 and SMMC4: 1.2g, not 1.5 as per MMC5!) and remount the cartridge the right way up. If you need to adjust anti-skating on the 2000, there's a screw on the bottom near the tonearm pivot, which has 4 settings.

Re: Beo 2000 Tone Arm Balancing

Heinrich VonEnryheiferConant — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:46:29 GMT

Hmmm yes, that method sounds good...Have you ever heard of the clearance problem with the dust cover? Speaking of sounding good, Jethro Tull's Too Old to Rock n Roll (too young to die) really has some nicely nuanced string and percussion parts that I never realised before listening through my mmc-4---who knew?

Tx-Hank

Re: Beo 2000 Tone Arm Balancing

Medogsfat — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:12:04 GMT

You need to start it playing then cut off the power supply by either switching off the mains or unplugging it. This will leave the tonearm in the play position and enable you to adjust the pressure before restoring the power.

Chris.

Beo 2000 Tone Arm Balancing

Heinrich VonEnryheiferConant — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:34:32 GMT

Can't find a specific post on this...Am I doing this right?: I put an album on, pressed "cue" and the arm hovered over the vinyl. Then I reach in and precariously flip the arm up and down whilst adjusting the counterweight to find the "neutral" spot where it kinda floats there. Then "zero" the indicator dial and then dial in 1.5 gm which my research tells me is about right for my mmc-4 cartridge. Well in theory that should work, (a bit tedious, I hope there's a better way)but the counterweight hits the back of the dust cover when I screw it out far enough to get to neutral (float). So I shut it down, removed the vinyl, (extended the stylus protector), and had to hold against the suspension springs to get clearance for the weight, keeping the tone arm in the "parked" position. This also caused a bit of trial and error because the arm is damped in this position, but once zeroed, clearance is achieved when the 1.5 gm is dialed back in. Seems there would be a better designed procedure, where'd I go wrong?---tx- Heinrich