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Occasional static like pop appearance - any suggestions?
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<blockquote data-quote="fredeb" data-source="post: 992652" data-attributes="member: 13623"><p>It does sound odd that there would be a cap in one connector and not the other . </p><p></p><p>According to VE thread called "Sme 3009 / 3012 question for the specialists" : Quoting from the manual : "the phono plugs have internal capacitors ,to adjust the value of the lead and arm to approximately 300 picoFarrad (pF).For CD - 4 use you must remove them.Without these capacitors ,the lead and arm together ,have a capacitance of approx 75 pF.If required an alternative value of capacitor can be soldered in place."End of quote. </p><p></p><p>I don't post the actual link here because the folk at vinylengine don't like it if one does .</p><p></p><p>So basically , they add capacitance because otherwise the cables capacitance would be too low for most cartridges . I suppose you could try replacing both caps to see that makes any difference . Also find out what input capacitance the cart you're putting on the arm likes . Are the acorn nuts tightened down properly ? Cart properly aligned etc. ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fredeb, post: 992652, member: 13623"] It does sound odd that there would be a cap in one connector and not the other . According to VE thread called "Sme 3009 / 3012 question for the specialists" : Quoting from the manual : "the phono plugs have internal capacitors ,to adjust the value of the lead and arm to approximately 300 picoFarrad (pF).For CD - 4 use you must remove them.Without these capacitors ,the lead and arm together ,have a capacitance of approx 75 pF.If required an alternative value of capacitor can be soldered in place."End of quote. I don't post the actual link here because the folk at vinylengine don't like it if one does . So basically , they add capacitance because otherwise the cables capacitance would be too low for most cartridges . I suppose you could try replacing both caps to see that makes any difference . Also find out what input capacitance the cart you're putting on the arm likes . Are the acorn nuts tightened down properly ? Cart properly aligned etc. ? [/QUOTE]
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