As I have been posting, I have been trying to get a turntable set up properly. After a long and convoluted process, I managed to complete the arcane ritual, sacrificed the chicken, muttered the appropriate profane phrases, bled on the thing, so it is now properly set up (I think).
One trivial problem remains...the C clamp holding the platter in place was broken on extraction. One would think getting a replacement would be easy....
Not on planet vinyl. Thorens referred me to the seller who referred me to two different sources for repair parts who both fluffed me off on hardware stores, none of which seem to have the part.
Let me make myself clear..this is a tiny clamp that could not, even in the wacky world of vinyl, cost more than a quarter. It appears many manufacturers use similiar clamps but none sell them...
It is a lot like buying a car and then being silly enough to expect the maker to provide repair parts..
Rant over.
As I have been posting, I have been trying to get a turntable set up properly. After a long and convoluted process, I managed to complete the arcane ritual, sacrificed the chicken, muttered the appropriate profane phrases, bled on the thing, so it is now properly set up (I think).
One trivial problem remains...the C clamp holding the platter in place was broken on extraction. One would think getting a replacement would be easy....
Not on planet vinyl. Thorens referred me to the seller who referred me to two different sources for repair parts who both fluffed me off on hardware stores, none of which seem to have the part.
Let me make myself clear..this is a tiny clamp that could not, even in the wacky world of vinyl, cost more than a quarter. It appears many manufacturers use similiar clamps but none sell them...
It is a lot like buying a car and then being silly enough to expect the maker to provide repair parts..
Rant over.