[Jukebox-list] Tempo 1 Cartridge-Help please

Mon Dec 4 07:59:37 PST 2006

Magnetics have a lower signal level than ceramic Francois.
Have you tried swapping over the signal/ ground clips on ONE channel, not
sure but I think one channel has to be out of phase with the other or you
get signal cancelling. Bit like speaker phasing !!!!

regards

Dave H

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Hello everyone,

I need your help here.  I have a Tempo 1 mono version and I had the amp
rebuilt recently and the speakers reconed.  I installed new EL-34 and
following Bill Bickers recommendation, I installed a Pickering NP/AC
magnetic cartridge.  The sound is great but very low, way too low for a
jukebox.  I brought the amp back to the guy who rebuilt it, he checked all
the voltages and everything was fine. We tried different ceramic
cartridges, Astatic 51, Pfansthiel P-132 and they are all louder but the
sound is not as good (in my impression).

Is there something wrong with my Pickering NP/AC cartrdige ?  I soldered
the small clips while they were on the cartridge leads, do you think I
might have damaged the cartridge ?  It works, but is way too low.

Should I order a new NP/AC just to test a different one ? Or should I just
install a ceramic ?

Your help or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Bye  :-)
Francois
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