Graham 1.5 tone set-up...


Does anyone out there, know the Graham 1.5 Tonearms by heart?

I'm looking for information on how to set up the anti- skate,on my Graham 1.5 Tone-arm ?

I have all the directions that are given when it was bought & purchased, but they are somewhat vague to me.

This Graham 1.5 tone-arm, is set up to an Oracle Delphi Mark V Turntable, & a ZYX Yatra cartridge. I've taken the anti-skate weight the whole way off, & it seems to perform the best.

The ZYX Yatra cartridge is set @ two grams(just like it said it was to be). But the Graham 1.5 tone-arm wants to keep coming back to the tonearm rest.

Is there any traveling repair man out there ??

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Showing 2 responses by sbrown

Speedy is correct in that the first indent closest to the point of rotation in 1 gram with each increment being 0.5 grams. A question. Do you have the silver base with your ZYX? From the sounds of your problem, I would guess no. Without it, you may be correct that no weight is optimal since the cartridge weight is very low - about 5 grams if I remember right. FYI. I'm using 1.5 grams with my 2.2 & Airy 3 combo.

As far as the blue damping fluid, I believe it was developed for the heavier bearing cap of the 2.2 and may not be the best choice for a 1.5 with a very light cartridge. Check wiht Bob Graham.
Clearaudio also makes a headshell weight that they shipped with their very light wooden body cartridges. Maybe try Musical Surrounding's, Clearaudio's present distributor or Discovery Cable, Clearaudio's past distributor.