Help !! Bad sound quality from TT's

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Posted by vhx1 on Sep-10-2003 21:14:

Help !! Bad sound quality from TT's

Help I think something is wrong!!! I just got my 2 Technics 1200MK2's with Stanton 500ALII stylus. After setting everything up, I am now playing my records and the sound quality just sucks!! The bass is all muffled and there seems to be quite a bit of hissing. What can I do to fix this? I think it mite have something to do with the stylus

Posted by Alekos on Sep-10-2003 21:25:

Put more weight on the needles

Posted by Rememberence_ on Sep-11-2003 16:00:

With phono connections (such as the one between your turntable and your mixer) you must make sure that the ground wire is connected to the grounding terminal on your mixer. The ground wire is the little wire that accomanies the RCA leads from your turntable. Also, you must make sure that your turntables are connected to the PHONO input on your mixer, NOT the line-in/cd-in/aux input. Hope this helps, and congrats on getting decks my friend!

/me wishes for such a day

Posted by vhx1 on Sep-12-2003 02:01:

I've made sure my tables are grounded and both TT"s are connected to the Phono jack. I did add more weight on the needles. THat seemed to help quite a bit. I have a feeling its something with my mixer: Behringer DJX700

Posted by Rememberence_ on Sep-12-2003 14:47:

behringer mixers = bad sound quality. you get what you pay for, and they aren't USD$200 just because behinger are nice people

Posted by Tiger777 on Sep-12-2003 19:10:

I disagree with that. I have a behringer mixer connected to a 250W amplifier, and, I don't have ANY problems concerning sound quality.

anyway.
I've read that the PCA cables of the sl1200's aren't that decent (the only thing that you better change). So, I suggest you try another cable. Maybe that will work. Make sure the GND wire is conncecterd very good to the mixer.

Posted by Matt on Sep-13-2003 02:24:

how much needle pressure are you applying?

Posted by raaven on Sep-13-2003 07:30:

i haven't read all the posts...

but check the cartridges themselves. the wires could be fuct. and maybe the contacts from the cartridge to the tonearm are fuct a bit and need to be cleaned?

anything else i think has been mentioned.

Posted by vhx1 on Sep-13-2003 07:33:

Sound quality is alrite now.. just a bit hissing on the extremes highs and heavy bass. My needle pressure is set to 1.5 grams

Posted by veezee on Sep-14-2003 18:12:

quote:
Originally posted by vhx1
Sound quality is alrite now.. just a bit hissing on the extremes highs and heavy bass. My needle pressure is set to 1.5 grams

I am not totally sure, but 1.5 grams is a little low for those carts *I think*..

when you put the needles on the tonearms, did you balance them?

Jay

Posted by vhx1 on Sep-15-2003 01:15:

Yep I did