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Posted by Technaut on Jan-29-2004 14:35:

Setting up ortofons on vestax

Im tryint to put ortofon concorde nightclub on my vestax pdx2000

Anyone got any tips, i seem to have to put loads of weight to get the stylus to touch the record! dont have my manual for the decks or the ortofonbs so not sure what to do

Posted by DJ A.i on Jan-29-2004 14:43:

can u even put ortofons on straight tone arms??? i dont think youj can... i think youj would have to buy their OM series for the vestax b/c they ujse the straight tonearm.

Posted by Technaut on Jan-29-2004 15:04:

why wouldnt u be able to use them on straight tonearms?

Posted by DJ A.i on Jan-29-2004 15:11:

they werent designed for straight arms. only for S shape

Posted by Technaut on Jan-29-2004 15:27:

where did you get this info?

Posted by Freak on Jan-29-2004 16:02:

ive used them on vestax before- they work fine....

Posted by Technaut on Jan-29-2004 16:24:

yeah dunno what that other guy is smoking

Posted by Martin McG on Jan-29-2004 22:16:

whered you manage to steal one of those from then?

should work fine on it

Posted by Technaut on Jan-30-2004 12:53:

jb's were doing them for �120 a pair

Posted by Martin McG on Jan-31-2004 00:06:

bullshit

Posted by Luke Terry on Jan-31-2004 01:30:

first of all, concordes are really light as fuck.

u need to calibrate your tonearm...

put a blank vinyl on the tt (reverse of a 1-sided promo is good enuff) or the little protective needle sheaths on the cart - so nothing gets damaged.

set the anti-skate to 0, and then play with the weight until the tonearm balances in the air horizontally (set the weight as 0 to this point), then add as much weight as u want, imo go with about 2-3g. with s tonearms, the anti-skate is recommended to be set at half the weight put on the cart, with straight, it is meant to be half that again, i would go with a 1/3 instead tho to prolong the life of your records towards the end of the song so that the anti-skate does not damage the grooves in an attempt to pull to the middle.

now u should be sorted, if u need more help stu u kno where 2 find me