Turntable sounds so much better when...


Hi i have a Pioneer pl-510-turntable and when i loosen the screw about a full turn, at the headshell/tonearm connection the sound is Amazingly better!! The Bass tighter then ever...Highs so crisp and Clear...soundstage much improved...im baffled...??!! I have a Denon DL-110 cartridge..PLEASE help me understand..Thank-you Richard
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Thanks..and maybe it's allowing the stylus to position itself in the vinyl better!
I wont Complain it's so Great..!!
Yes folkfreak there is a rubber grommet, I am just So amazed at the sonic difference i discovered by accident mind you...By loosening that lock nut...
Has to be by far the best Tweek i have
Ever found Bar none..I suggest everyone
Should at least Try it that has a removable headshell!! Wow..
Hi Lewm..the collar between armwand and headshell is what i have loosened to
Be in Vinyl Nirvana as never before.
Thank-you all gentlemen!! So Great for
You to take the time...And John..wow
I understand what you painstakingly
Wrote for me..And have come to realize
To trust my ears,and to allow that, to be
My final decision, on the music my 
System produces..and to be open
And responsive of the various factors,
Mechanical and Otherwise that gets
It there..Richard
No..no..John your post was awesome....
That's what i like about this forum
People genuinely care to share their
Input and knowledge..Regards Richard
All you guys have been incredibly helpfull to me with understanding the reasoning why...And to think i was unsure of posting for fear of being rejected i guess. Thanks All.. Please at least try this if you have a removable headshell..and let us know..Richard
Thank-you R. I have had this Turntable for years it's 1978 model..Never did i hear it Better untill 2 days ago...I am just delighted at the improvement..including absoulty No Sibblince in songs that was very present.i.e.Peter Gabriel "So" Richard
Advocating for something your Passionate about is Easy..
Getting others to see your point is sometimes Difficult! Richard Dunn