MMC10E drag over slipmat

Hello!

i have the following question: a friend of mine tried my beogram 1600 last night and accidently started playing without a disc on the turntable so the needle (MMC10E) dragged a couple of seconds over the slipmat...

Do you guys think, the needle/cantilever took any damage? I tried some discs after this happened and i couldnt hear any difference to before.

 

Thanks in advance for any answers!

Kindest regards

Philipp

Biggest damage would’ve been tearing off the tip of the stylus if it sounds OK but hasn’t happened. But you shouldn’t be using a slip mat on that turntable it will change the angle of the tracking. Record goes right on the platter.

Okok! Good to know! I asked in a record store and they told me i should at least use a very thin one, its like a millimeter thin. But you would still recommend not using one?

They are designed to not use one. Anything added under the your record on this table will decrease your stylus rake angle and will muddy your sound.

I agree with the above.

There is absolutely no need for "slipmats" or "antistatic mats" on Beograms.
In fact, there are many reasons NOT to use one:

Platters with radial streaks are designed to build a bit of vacuum under the record, - ruined by the mat.
Platters have antistatic coating, - put out of function by the mat.
The 15deg tracking angle of the cartridge will be wrong, - ruined by the mat.
Without readjusting, some decks will not lift the needle high enough at run-out to clear the record - when on a mat.
Most Beograms autosense records by weight or looks to avoid lowering the needle onto no record - ruined by the mat.

DON'T USE MATS ON BEOGRAMS. PERIOD!

Martin

Got it!

Slipmat is removed!

The discs dont get any damage from playing without?

TISE:

Got it!

Slipmat is removed!

The discs dont get any damage from playing without?

Of course not!
Record players were not designed to damage records.

Martin

Okok! Sorry for asking not-so-clever questions but i never got in touch vinyl...

So thank you very much for answering everything! :)

There are no stupid questions, only stupid people who doesn't want to answer them