Jim Creek
Jazz, Wine, Electronics
Metalownz,
I ordered two belts so far and my PL50 runs around 34.1. Causes a nastly sibilance. I got my last belt from Turntable Needles. It's .187 ish wide (top to bottom) and .035 thick. I just ordered one off LP Gear but I'm worried I just spent $32.00 dollars for the same belt I have. Are you speaking about the thickness or width (top to bottom)? I've been looking for a belt that has a thickness of .025 which would slow down my TT to it's proper speed. Thx
LP Gear used to sell the correct belt. I bought one. It's perfect. However, lately I've been hearing that LP Gear no longer sells the correct belt. Apparently, they sold out of the correct belts and are subsituting thicker belts.
The correct belt thickness should be around 0.6mm or about 0.025". Thacker sells one but it's much shorter than 34.1". I bought it as a back up belt. It works well enough, if very very slightly slow. Thacker sells this belt as a replacement for the PL30.
Here's a thread that discusses this issue: http://audiokarma.org/forums/index....easurements-bad-vs-good.755161/#post-10321001