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- From: petrik@ulysses.att.com
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
- Subject: Repairing the AR ES1 turntable
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 17:15:53 EST
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- Originator: tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
-
- This is the first time I am posting on Usenet, I hope I am doing
- this correctly. Anyway, I need some help. Last week I moved my
- system from one room to another and I, unfortunately, dropped my
- Acoustic Research ES1 turntable down a flight of stairs. Needless
- to say, there was extensive damage:
- (1) the motor does not operate properly (the motor pulley doesn't
- turn smoothly)
- (2) the inner platter is cracked
- (3) the tonearm (AR) is inoperable (one of the connecting wires to
- the cartridge is torn and the entire arm is very "loose")
- (4) one of the dust cover hinges broke
- (5) the plastic cover cracked
- (6) there are numerous scratches on the cherry-wood surfaces and
- some edges are chipped.
- (7) I don't really know how the suspension system was affected.
-
- I called several local dealers and none of them fix AR turntables. I
- even called AR in Canton, MA; they told me that they have been out of
- the turntable business for 2 years (getting killed by CDs). They have
- some parts (like the motor ($60) and inner platter ($83)) but not others
- (like the tonearm, cover ...). They can fix the suspension T-bar for $70.
- It looks like I'll have to fix it myself, but I wonder if I need
- special tools, or skills to do it. Is the damage too severe to ever
- obtain the quality of sound reproduction it originally had, and thus
- not worth the time and money?
- I'd appreciate any info on where to get parts and any schematics
- (prices if possible).
- Any other advice would be greatly appreciated (email or 908 582-5618).
- Thanks in advance,
-
- Petrik
-
-