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On 12/5/2016 11:51 AM, Mickey Clark wrote: > > You'll find much better s/n ratio with the higher mass arm. I used to > have an old Garrard changer with a plastic tone arm. I found that using > an Audax tone arm which has higher mass the output was higher with less > surface noise. A Pickering 190-D tone arm with only the tip with > vertical travel follows warped records well and has high mass as well . > The G.E is especially good for worn records. Below is a link to a > picture of the Pickering Arm. > > http://www.txsound.com/blog/tag/pickering-tonearm/ You can increase the tonearm's mass by packing the headshell with 3M StripCalk (a non-hardening putty sold in hardware stores for window caulking and in auto-supply stores for panel dampening). Obviously you'll have to rebalance the arm after packing the headshell. The Stripcalk also can help deaden vibrations of the headshell and cartridge body. Mortite window caulk will also work, but it dries out and hardens, plus cats love to play with it. Peace, Paul --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus