Make sure the arm is not touching the cueing lever support bar. This happens all the time. You might need to lower the arm lifting tower just a bit so it isn't touching the arm.
VPI Traveler skipping - no anti skate
Hi everyone,
Back again with another analog question. For Xmas I bought myself a VPI Traveler, and I've been working on setting it up today. It sounds absolutely fantastic...for about half a song, and then it starts skipping. The tonearm has a tendency to pull towards the rim of the record pretty significantly. There is no anti-skating adjustment on this table. VPI only recommends applying a slightly higher VTF (about .1 gram). They also suggest a slight twist of the tonearm wire to apply slight pressure to the tonearm.
Well, I have tried both a Grado Sonata and a Denon DL-110, and in neither case can I get through a song without the record skipping as the tonearm pulls back towards the outer rim of the record. I have raised the VTF, fiddled with the tonearm height, checked the leveling of the table, used 180 gram and standard records. In all cases it skips repeatedly.
I found one other discussion of this problem on Steve Hoffman's forum, but there was never a resolution posted. Any thoughts on what I might do?
Thanks, Scott
Back again with another analog question. For Xmas I bought myself a VPI Traveler, and I've been working on setting it up today. It sounds absolutely fantastic...for about half a song, and then it starts skipping. The tonearm has a tendency to pull towards the rim of the record pretty significantly. There is no anti-skating adjustment on this table. VPI only recommends applying a slightly higher VTF (about .1 gram). They also suggest a slight twist of the tonearm wire to apply slight pressure to the tonearm.
Well, I have tried both a Grado Sonata and a Denon DL-110, and in neither case can I get through a song without the record skipping as the tonearm pulls back towards the outer rim of the record. I have raised the VTF, fiddled with the tonearm height, checked the leveling of the table, used 180 gram and standard records. In all cases it skips repeatedly.
I found one other discussion of this problem on Steve Hoffman's forum, but there was never a resolution posted. Any thoughts on what I might do?
Thanks, Scott