PArts of a turntable
Across
- 4. Spotted disc revealing if speed is steady or straying.
- 5. Flexible link that ties motor to platter’s spin.
- 6. Flat companion keeping your LP comfortable on its ride.
- 8. Where dinner’s served? Not tonight — this one spins vinyl.
- 12. Slim arm that lets the tip reach into the groove.
- 15. Heavy companion pressing vinyl into line.
- 17. Quiet but essential box that gives voice to a cartridge.
- 19. A tilt to left or right that affects channel balance.
- 20. Low-output breed loved for detail but needing special gain.
- 23. Curious device said to strip away unwanted magnetic build-up.
- 25. Common type of cartridge, lively and easy to partner.
- 26. Bubble-watcher ensuring the deck isn’t lopsided.
- 27. Distance a stylus projects beyond the spindle line.
- 28. Motor’s grip when there’s no middleman at all.
Down
- 1. A printed guide that makes alignment less of a guessing game.
- 2. Hinged shield against airborne fluff.
- 3. The lump at the back that makes balance possible.
- 7. Diamond traveller tracing canyons of sound.
- 9. Tiny box that turns movement into music.
- 10. Weighty setting that decides how firmly the stylus presses.
- 11. The careful geometry ensuring both channels sing in phase.
- 13. A swinging bridge that carries the needle to the groove.
- 14. Small detachable headgear for your cartridge.
- 16. Slick helper keeping platter rotation silent and smooth.
- 18. The vertical angle that makes or breaks stylus geometry.
- 21. Firm hand on a wobbly record.
- 22. Hidden pivots that keep the tonearm’s journey smooth.
- 24. Force that resists a tonearm’s urge to slide inward.
- 26. Central support that every record must lean on.
- 29. Wheel-driven path to classic rhythmic punch.