{"id":193,"date":"2018-01-04T17:32:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T17:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=193"},"modified":"2025-10-17T20:04:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:04:53","slug":"supplementary-balance-weight-for-dual-505","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/supplementary-balance-weight-for-dual-505\/","title":{"rendered":"Supplementary balance weight for dual 505"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to accommodate a heavier cartridge on your Dual 505 turntable,<\/span>\u00a0a supplementary balance weight is available as an accessory.<\/p>\n

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Dual 505 balance weights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is a 21.5 gram brass weight that you can screw on to the standard balance weight to increase the total mass by 30% to around 93 grams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I recently fitted a Goldring E3, with weighs nearly 7 grams. Originally the 505 was fitted with an OEM Ortofon cartridge similar to the OM-20, which weighs about 5 grams. My new cart is about 38% heavier. There is enough adjustment on the arm to move the weight out far enough to achieve balance, but only just.<\/p>\n

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Dual 505 combined balance weight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It all seemed a bit precarious, so when i spotted the additional weight available on eBay I thought i would give it a try.<\/p>\n

Comparing the position of the balance weight before and after fitting is quite revealing.<\/p>\n

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Without Supplementary weight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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With Supplementary weight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When balanced it makes a difference <\/span>in position of about 2 cm. The weight seems a lot more secure on the arm, rather than tottering on the edge. There is now a couple of cm of clearance between the back of <\/span>the\u00a0weight and the turntable lid. Previously it was only a couple of mm.<\/span><\/p>\n

I doubt it will make much difference to the sound, but the whole thing seems a lot more secure and correct, so I think it was a worthwhile upgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you want to accommodate a heavier cartridge on your Dual 505 turntable,\u00a0a supplementary balance weight is available as an accessory. This is a 21.5 gram brass weight that you can screw on to the standard balance weight to increase the total mass by 30% to around 93 grams.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,11,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-repair","category-turntable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}