Damping fluid-Where does it go????

[Mikado463]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

"If the cartridge drops too quickly when you lower the cueing lever, then the original silicone fluid has leaked out.
Applying a tiny amount of this thick silicone fluid to the cylinder wall of your cueing mechanism will restore a smooth, quiet transition into playback when dropping the cueing lever."

exactly, that's the arm cueing reservoir not the pivoting point of the arm itself.

Originally Posted by Masterlu

"Some audiophiles prefer not to use tonearm damping at all, even when the arm has provision for it, arguing that the sound is "better" without it. You may agree with them (I certainly don't), but if you do, you should understand that damping acts mainly to suppress the low-frequency arm/cartridge system resonance, and that an undamped arm's "richer, warmer" sound is a coloration, whether you consider it euphonic or not. A tonearm will always provide more accurate and stable disc reproduction with damping than without it. It may, in fact, make the difference between groove-skipping on some discs and unflappable tracking of every disc you own."

good explanation !!