Balifly
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Welcome to the AK turn table forum.
What you have read may be incorrect:
The two may not fit together too well.
Yamaha PF-800
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Welcome to the AK turn table forum.
What you have read may be incorrect:
The two may not fit together too well.
..And if you believe Yamaha engineers.. (from a sales brochure).
YAMAHA TONEARM PERFORMANCE DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS (PF-800/PF1000)
• The tonearm has been designed so that its mass and resonance provide optimum performance over a broad range of cartridges.
• The tonearm is engineered to damp out all spurious resonance and to minimize its fundamental resonance as much as possible (a small amount of resonance must remain).
• The Yamaha tonearm has been designed so that its resonance (a value that takes tonearm/cartridge mass and compliance into account) would be extremely close in tolerance of 12 Hz thereby minimizing the effects of tonearm resonance on the music signal.
• Specially designed dampers are utilized at critical connection surfaces to form a dynamic damping system that isolates the cartridge from vibrations transmitted via the tonearm.
• The headshell is constructed from a carbon fiber resin that provides exceptional dampening and hum rejection.
YAMAHA TONEARM PERFORMANCE DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS (PF-800/PF1000)
• The tonearm has been designed so that its mass and resonance provide optimum performance over a broad range of cartridges.
• The tonearm is engineered to damp out all spurious resonance and to minimize its fundamental resonance as much as possible (a small amount of resonance must remain).
• The Yamaha tonearm has been designed so that its resonance (a value that takes tonearm/cartridge mass and compliance into account) would be extremely close in tolerance of 12 Hz thereby minimizing the effects of tonearm resonance on the music signal.
• Specially designed dampers are utilized at critical connection surfaces to form a dynamic damping system that isolates the cartridge from vibrations transmitted via the tonearm.
• The headshell is constructed from a carbon fiber resin that provides exceptional dampening and hum rejection.
I have a PF1000 and I use a Sony MC cart, the XL-MC1. The tone arm was designed to handle a fairly wide range of carts, but IMO I would try and stick towards lighter high compliance carts.
http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-XL-MC1.html
http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-XL-MC1.html
This may or may not help, but it's at least minimally informative.
There were two ADC Integra headshells. The one you posted, which will of course not fit, and one that will fit the PF-800's arm:
Note that the flat is on the top, but the pins and sockets all correspond. To insert, back out the setscrew nearly all the way, insert, then tighten the setscrew.
Yamaha also made a p-mount headshell for this series of turntables; I use it on my non-Yamaha straight-arm tables. This would be an ideal setup for high-quality p-mount cartridges, which are still available, though hunting may be required.
Balifly
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Here are some images of of the Yamaha PF-800 headshells:
Not sure if I would try using either version of the ADC integra headshell/cartridge.........
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Then you are probably not going to want to use the p-mount headshell Yamaha made for this turntable, either. Your choice.
Balifly
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My was a used one, did not come with Pmount headshell.
Will try to find one in the future.
Much thanks for the heads up!
I know this post is a few months old.. I also have a Pf 800 and absolutely adore it. My headshell has the same sticking problem to the point where I’ve almost go in up on switching them out. What methods would you guys recommend to lube the headshell shaft safely(that sounds horrible)? I’ve run both the Grace dl9 and the Shure v15mkiv and both sound incredible on this table. I’m running a Marantz 3200 pre into a Pilot sa 260 power going out to Bozak Concert Grands.
