Glad to hear that it is running at steady speed. I have been playing around with mine and have decided that I need someone to do some more work on it than I am prepared or qualified to do. My secondary idler wheel is making noise when I spin it free hand. It might just need some lube, but when I was looking at the innards with the platter off and the motor running, I noticed that the main idler wheel was only making contact with the motor shaft with about a third of the idler. There is an adjusment screw that allowed me to change the height of the idler to allow it to make fuller contact. After I did that then the secondary idler wheel started making some sounds.
I still have some rumble and a hum. I noticed that what seemed to be a ground wire was no longer connected to a tab that the other channel tonearm ground wire was connected to. It is a very fine wire. I was able to solder it, but I am still getting some hum. The RCA connects have been replaced previously and I really don't like the soldering job that was done there. Nor do I like the RCA connects that were used.
So I am looking around for someone who can do some of this work correctly. I do love the dynamic sound that the turntable produces. This is the idler drive sound that I have with my Elac Miracord tables. The Nivico also has a uniquely handsome retro look that I really like. Is it ever going to sound like my Mitsubishi LT-30 with a nice LOMC cartridge on it. NO..... but it has that sound quaility that is appealing in its own way that is unique to this table. It is also a fairly rare table so I am going to keep it around. I just need to get it playing the way it should sound.
Last question. There is one thing that I have noticed about mine that bothers me also, and that is the fact that the threaded sleeve that is at the end of the tonearm that threads over a standard 1/2 inch cartridge is somewhat loose and less that stable. I have to fiddle around with it to get the cartridge and stylus aligned in a true perpendicular orientation with the lp that I am trying to play. The fact that it is somewhat loose also makes me wonder if it is contributing to the hum that I am hearing. Just a thought.
I still have some rumble and a hum. I noticed that what seemed to be a ground wire was no longer connected to a tab that the other channel tonearm ground wire was connected to. It is a very fine wire. I was able to solder it, but I am still getting some hum. The RCA connects have been replaced previously and I really don't like the soldering job that was done there. Nor do I like the RCA connects that were used.
So I am looking around for someone who can do some of this work correctly. I do love the dynamic sound that the turntable produces. This is the idler drive sound that I have with my Elac Miracord tables. The Nivico also has a uniquely handsome retro look that I really like. Is it ever going to sound like my Mitsubishi LT-30 with a nice LOMC cartridge on it. NO..... but it has that sound quaility that is appealing in its own way that is unique to this table. It is also a fairly rare table so I am going to keep it around. I just need to get it playing the way it should sound.
Last question. There is one thing that I have noticed about mine that bothers me also, and that is the fact that the threaded sleeve that is at the end of the tonearm that threads over a standard 1/2 inch cartridge is somewhat loose and less that stable. I have to fiddle around with it to get the cartridge and stylus aligned in a true perpendicular orientation with the lp that I am trying to play. The fact that it is somewhat loose also makes me wonder if it is contributing to the hum that I am hearing. Just a thought.