Wolfman181
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I am looking for a 45 adapter for my resently purchased Marantz 6300 turntable. For some reason its been quite hard to find. Any help would be great appreciated. Thanks.
I am looking for a 45 adapter for my resently purchased Marantz 6300 turntable. For some reason its been quite hard to find. Any help would be great appreciated. Thanks.
Here is a picture of the adapter I am looking for.
There is one other one that does not have the measure marks and has just a dot on it instead.
I do want to use it for playing 45's and for setup. Why would I not want to use it for setup? I was told that it was the only way to set a cartridge on a 6300 correctly. Is there a better way?
Here is a picture of the adapter I am looking for. There is one other one that does not have the measure marks and has just a dot on it instead. I do want to use it for playing 45's and for setup. Why would I not want to use it for setup? I was told that it was the only way to set a cartridge on a 6300 correctly. Is there a better way?
It's by far not the ONLY way to set up a cartridge. I think it's cool and for the completeist it's nice to have.
There are many types of alignment gauges, templates and tools. For example Vinyl Engine has a number of them that can be printed on plain paper but do make sure you print to scale.
I have the 45 rpm for the 6300 and sure it works great for a quick “get you close” set up.
As mentioned, I prefer Conrad’s free software to make a better template and dial it in to my best satisfaction.
Were you using the original Marantz headshell when using Conrad's alignment protractor ?
The screw slots on the original Marantz headshell did not seem long even to accommodate the traditional Baerwald alignment protractor.
They screw slots are long even to accommodate the traditional Stevenson alignment protractor that the Japanese turn table manufacturer seems to favor though.
The some of the Maranttz turn tables were made by CEC Japan.
Yes and I set it to Stevenson. Conrad’s program can output Baerwald, Stevenson, and customized.
I use both the Marantz stock headshell and Technics headshell on my 6300. Depends on the cartridge but I like the Technics headshell better.
Using the 45 adapter dot I seem to recall it compared it to a Stevenson protractor using Conrad’s program and looking up the arm specs. This was done long ago. The 45 adapter will set the overhang very easily. The protractor helps you set the nulls in the grid and accounts for the cantilever if it’s not perfect.
this is the one that came with my 6300
And that is one fine way to look at it. The table looks great, is Marantz' near best so there is a big demand (read Marantz Tax) on that unit so it pays to have it complete when sold. I was happy to sell the 6320 armless 6300 I had and move to a better table that may sell for more, or not. But it sounds better, to me at least. Yes, the fiddy buck units looked like ones for the 6025 or something. Saw two different measurements marked on two different adapters. Odd.It was less than that. For me its not all about alignment. I am more a purest and my deck did not have one. When I see Marantz 6300 like mine priced from $600 to over a Grand now I feel Ok with paying as I do to get mine up to 100%. I feel I will get my money back should I want to sell in the future.