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Posted by DJ Dingel on Sep-12-2004 18:57:

Reducing Skipping?

Hey everyone,
The table on which I regularly use my turntables isn't the sturdiest. It seems to be inducing a lot of skipping. Is there any way to reduce skipping (I've already tried the counterweights) besides getting a new table?
Thanks.

Posted by D-res on Sep-12-2004 20:41:

anti-skate?

lol, i dont know man.. maybe your needle is turnin to shit

Posted by DjVash on Sep-12-2004 20:42:

What turntables are we talking about?
If the counterweight part doesn't work, the anti skating may be too high OR your turntable isn't horizontal.

Posted by Mr. Tippy on Sep-12-2004 21:04:

quote:
The table on which I regularly use my turntables isn't the sturdiest

Same problem here. I made my table sturdier by screwing in some pieces of wood as supports on the underside... I wish I had a way to take a pic to show you.

I'm still going to get a new table in the near future. Prolly gonna go with 2 stacks of 3 milk crates filled with bricks. Put a board of wood on top, then a few more bricks to bring the height of the decks to a more comfortable level, then another board on top to set the tables.

Something like this...

Turntable.....Mixer.....Turntable
--------------board--------------
....brick..............brick
--------------board--------------
milk crate.............milk crate
milk crate.............milk crate
milk crate.............milk crate

(Please ignore the dots... I couldn't get my ghetto diagram to space correctly) I figure full of bricks, the crates would make the table quite solid. I'll even have a shelf from the lower board.

Posted by rafale on Sep-13-2004 02:29:

try freefloats they're quite an amazing contraption !

Only other reasons I can think off is that you need to adjust your anti-skate and/or your needle is really old

Posted by DJ Dingel on Sep-13-2004 04:46:

I have Stanton Str8-80s. I'm still using the needles that came with them two years ago. Looks like I need to go get some new ones.

Posted by Wraith on Sep-13-2004 05:09:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Dingel
I have Stanton Str8-80s. I'm still using the needles that came with them two years ago. Looks like I need to go get some new ones.

LOL!! 2 years??? Yes I should say you need to replace the needles.

Posted by tu_face on Sep-13-2004 08:41:

yeah the styli need replacing. you should replace them approx every 6 months or so (depending on how much hammer you give them).

if they still fuck up you can try adjusting the tonearm height up a notch or two, but re-balance the tonearm afterwards