How to test your tone arm bearings

 How to test your tone arm bearings

1)    Install stylus guard!
2)    Adjust counterweight for ZERO force (arm floats horizontally – does not rise or fall
3)    Turn anti-skating to ZERO

NOW – set arm in middle or stationary record or platter. It should NOT swing laterally. CERTAINLY not fast. If is DOES, your anti-skating is BROKEN.

Now BLOW ever so lightly on the right side of the arm. It should swing all the way in. If it moves a bit and stops suddenly, your lateral bearings are broken (or the tone arm wires are hung up near the bearings – rare, but it CAN happen). The headshell should also bob up and down easily. If it FREEZES in motion, the vertical bearings are damaged.

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I played this album a few times on my system before adding the Zephyr MK III ES. I found it far superior to the CDs I'd listened to, with excellent tone on Miles' trumpet and a deep and wide soundstage. But when I listened to it the first time with the Zephyr MK III ES, it was another level of cool. Right off the bat, the surface noise was down, significantly. Secondly, the soundstage was deeper and wider than I have ever heard on my system before. James Cobb's snare had more snap and his high hat took on more air. Song after song, I was completely engaged in the music.

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