[Jukebox-list] Tonearm Damping,was Seeburg SS160:Red Tone Arm

[JHayes2613 at aol.com]

Hello, Everyone-
Okay, I have a friend who owes me a favor and is doing some trouble-shooting 
on my SS-160. Good guy, knows his '40s and '50s jukes quite well and is good 
at what he does (NOT a novice). The deal here is: he's not buying into the red 
tone arm stuff. He has never heard of it, can't understand it, and I'm asking 
him to please, please, PLEASE replace the red tone arm in my SS160. He wants 
to know- why? What is it in the machine that makes me think it needs to be 
replaced? For starters, the previous owner had just replaced the needles for me 
and inside of a half-dozen plays they're already trashed. I ask you guys, please 
tell me the why's, the logistics, the problems in the engineering of the 
dreaded RED TONE ARMS so I can pass all the info along to him and convince him. 
And why RED? What was the deal with the RED? Tell me everything. Replacing the 
cartridge in the same tone arm would just be futile, right? Please help me make 
my case. All your input would be appreciated.
Many thanks-
John Hayes





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