The suggestion was to clean the belt with a wax based furniture polish every 12-18 months. This was intended as a means to restore grip rather than anything specifically to do with smoothing out belt imperfections.does every one here wax their belt to smooth out imperfections as suggested by Roksan?
With the Linn pulley design slight differences in belt inside diameter, width and even modulus of elasticity will nesessitate readjusting the motor for distance and/or azimuth, else the belt fail to accuratly ride the intended pulley circumference. You likely as not could have got them all to run at 33.something, no doubt, some more consistently than others.The frustrating time I had with the non-Linn belts is that I couldn’t get them up to 33rpm, let alone being bothered about decimals.
Yeah - I was having to adjust too much for my liking to get into the 33 window. Like I said earlier, other people have been really happy with these belts, but in my system the Linn belt behaves best. I really wanted to like the blue belt - it sounded stable, but I felt I was having to angle the motor far more than I was comfortable with to get to 33, let alone 33 1/3.With the Linn pulley design slight differences in belt inside diameter, width and even modulus of elasticity will nesessitate readjusting the motor for distance and/or azimuth, else the belt fail to accuratly ride the intended pulley circumference. You likely as not could have got them all to run at 33.something, no doubt, some more consistently than others.
Do you mean to say that they are taking customers used belts in and then selling them for half the price of new?Luckily LP12bits sells nearly new Linn belts at half the price of new, so cost-wise it’s not so bad.
Do you mean to say that they are taking customers used belts in and then selling them for half the price of new?
Lady driven?No idea where and how they get them, but they’ll often have one or two for sale at “low hours” or similar.
Haha. Yes. One careful ownerLady driven?
Maybe I should try those metal bands for Mamod steam engines?
I've only heard about belts (and by association, belt nerds) since the blue one was out and about in the last few weeks. Whilst I'd heard about a Rega white belt before, and it was a bit nerdy, the price was very reasonable so not much mattered.
Things do matter when Linn charge criminal prices for their belts
Which version did you have? The first version was 0.8mm thick and some people reported trouble getting up to 33rpm. Later the thickness was revised to 1.0mm and this solved the problem. I also have 1.1mm and 1.2mm thick ones just in case.Yeah - I was having to adjust too much for my liking to get into the 33 window. Like I said earlier, other people have been really happy with these belts, but in my system the Linn belt behaves best. I really wanted to like the blue belt - it sounded stable, but I felt I was having to angle the motor far more than I was comfortable with to get to 33, let alone 33 1/3.
Luckily LP12bits sells nearly new Linn belts at half the price of new, so cost-wise it’s not so bad.
My used late 80s Rega 3 came with a loose belt. It looked like a regular o-ring, so, knowing no better, I bought several from an engineering supplier after checking its diameter & approximate durometer, & choosing two or three with different circumferences. One fit the drive train & I was pleased with the result.
Many years later Rega's white belt came along & I bought one. I thought it was a significant upgrade until a couple of years later when I'd had enough of the bass getting soggier & the music losing its snap. The damn thing had stretched. I reinstated the old o-ring, & it's stayed ever since. The platter speed is accurate.
Until reading this thread I'd forgotten about the Reference EBLT, & I've been spurred to track one down.
or RoksanTell that to Linn!!
Oooh, I'm not sure now...I'll have to dig it out and have a look/measure it.Which version did you have? The first version was 0.8mm thick and some people reported trouble getting up to 33rpm. Later the thickness was revised to 1.0mm and this solved the problem. I also have 1.1mm and 1.2mm thick ones just in case.
Seems a missed opportunity, not trying EBLT with the existing Rega hub/bearing.I bought one but not fitted yet. Will be part of a sub platter upgrade and general bearing clean/oil change.
Seems rather expensive but Rega apparently put quite a bit of R&D into the thing.
Which version did you have? The first version was 0.8mm thick and some people reported trouble getting up to 33rpm. Later the thickness was revised to 1.0mm and this solved the problem. I also have 1.1mm and 1.2mm thick ones just in case.