New upgrade alternatives for the Technics SL12x0
04-29-09: Edo_musicaYes, I have the fluid damper. It helped in many ways in refining the sound and improving tracking, but there was still a persistent midrange glare that the arm wrap significantly reduced. Sorry, no pictures of the wrap. I'll see if I can get around to that. In the meantime, I'm talking about that really thin, very light teflon tape used to seal pipe threads. I wrap it from just in front of the arm rest all the way up to the headshell. In fact, from flicking the tonearm, headshell, and collar, it sounded to me like the collar itself rang a fair amount. So after I wrapped the arm, I put the headshell back on, and then I wrapped some more around the collar itself to deaden it. Basically I use a single layer and overlap it by about 1/4 the width as I spiral it up the arm. But it's really hard to keep this tape totally flat when wrapping it, some of it doubles up slightly along the way. The really good news is that this tape adds very little mass to the tonearm. I reset the tracking force after applying the tape and I don't think it changed by more than 0.2 g. Other arm wraps A-goners have reported are: --Tonearm wrap available from Music Direct for $19.95 --Shrink tubing like the kind used to bundle or terminate wires |
btw.... a recent toneaudio blog entry mentioned going down the Sound HiFi avenue for sl1200 mods. http://www.tonepublications.com/blog/could-this-be-the-future-of-the-sl-1200/ - |
