{"id":5601,"date":"2020-04-12T11:03:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T09:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/?page_id=5601"},"modified":"2020-04-12T11:03:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T09:03:14","slug":"inspection-of-a-turntable","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/istillplayvinyl\/alta-fedelta\/la-messa-a-punto-di-un-thorens-a-controtelaio-flottante\/rbs-serviced-thorens-td-165\/inspection-of-a-turntable\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspection of a turntable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Provided the turntable is in working condition and you have a new cartridge already it is nothing really special, just a few things to make sure the basics are ok.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Does the platter bounce if you gently push the bearing shaft? Any strange sounds when the platter is rotating?<\/li>\n<li>Remove the outer platter and look at the motor spindle (where the belt is linked): does it wiggle when on? Any strange sounds from the motor?<\/li>\n<li>Now, with the motor off, make the subplatter rotate and notice if the rotation is smooth and centered (an inspection of the bearing shaft would be helpful: if it is damaged I can\u2019t do anything about it); the shaft should not show signs of erosion and there should be no play while it\u2019s inside the pit.<\/li>\n<li>Do the turntable controls work properly (on\/off, 45\/33 switch, tonearm lever)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provided the turntable is in working condition and you have a new cartridge already it is nothing really special, just a few things to make sure the basics are ok. Does the platter bounce if you gently push the bearing shaft? Any strange sounds when the platter is rotating? Remove the outer platter and look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2864,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5602,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5601\/revisions\/5602"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pasqualerobustini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}