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| I had the chassis floating on silicone blocks to isolate from plinth, but later found the rumble excessive. Rumble reduced dramatically when chassis bolted to plinth (the manual confirms this need) |
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| The Micro-Track is a simple tonearm. the base is oil filled as an anti-skate device. The pivots are isolated from the gimble with rubber. It will track to 1/2 gram. The weight adjustments are made from the headshell. The tracking with the M91ED is set to just under 2 grams. |
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| This turntable was sold under various labels. The shifter housing is a separate aluminum piece. Some versions reveal the seam between housing and chassis, but Collins filled the gap with a Bondo-like material. |
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| Bodine Motor. New idler and motor shockmounts from russcoturntables.com |
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| signal ground is isolated from chassis ground |
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| 3 speed shift, neon indicator and standard bat switch |
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| MicroTrack tone arm is unusual, all aluminum. Most have wooden arms |
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| Front Collins Emblem was a nice find. |
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| Brass wafer weights under cartridge. Heads can be interchanged without adjusting rear weight. |
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| signal wire internal RCA connections. |
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| internal power connector |
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| Original Condition |
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| Original Condition |
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