On 18/02/2015 4:13 PM, Don Pearce wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 09:13:55 +1100, Trevor Wilson
wrote:

On 17/02/2015 9:28 PM, Sumatriptan wrote:
On 16/02/2015 21:58, Trevor Wilson wrote:


**The headshell falls apart IN EVERY SINGLE ONE. The headshells are NLA.

Send it back.


I see people discussing fitting of CS505-3 or later headshells. (Not a
trivial task, apparently)

**A nonsensically complicated job. Forget it.


But my understanding was that this was related
to cartridge compatibility and an alternative to the adapter kits. I
haven't seen any online info on the early ones actually falling apart.
If you could point me to such info on the mode of failure I would be
interested.

**The headshell falls apart. I suspect the plastic used is not a stable
product like ABS, but is something inferior. As for reports, just do a
search. You'll receive a large number of results.




From the photos, the adapter on this CS505 does not look pretty and
must add some mass and therefore may affect performance. I'll take a
good look when it arrives.

**Send it back. Look for a later model.

ABS is not UV stable. There is an alternative called PCABS which is
used instead.


**Thanks for that info. I thought ABS was quite stable.


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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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