Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:

Two random remarks:

Java Jive wrote in
:

I also rejigged the pickup wiring underneath the arm mounting so
that it drops off at a smaller radius. As the arm tracks through
its maximum sweep, the drop-off point now only moves through an arc
of about 5mm in length, whereas after the first rewiring it was
moving through about 50mm, and as expected this has greatly
improved the tracking.

A tangential tracking turntable would be a solution.

Yes this worked. I've now re-recorded the entire collection, and
listened critically to the most important half or so of it.

You digitised your entire record collection? IMO it's not economical
to digitise vinyl in DIY as long as the same albums are available on
CD commercially. You'll spend 2 hours minimum recording, post
processing and burning the tracks of a single album, and that is not
counting the time for scanning the artwork. Unless you value or own
free time very low, just buying the same album on CD is much more
cost effective.

... but which misses a lot of the 'fun' and therapeutic benefit of
producing something to your satisfaction, or for your ear.

... and your own time is effectively free of charge to yourself, buying
a number of cd's isn't at all, assuming you can find them in the first
place.

--
Paul - xxx
"You know, all I wanna do is race .. and all I wanna do is win"
Mark Cavendish, World Champion 2011
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011