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Posted by MSZ on Jan-15-2006 00:06:

technics problem

argh so fustrating. i picked up a set of second hand technics and a mixer yesterday.

technics sl-1200mk2's.
numark dm1002x.

i hooked everything up when i got home but i noticed a huge problem. sounds like one of the tables is mono or something. i can see its not getting picked correctly in the mixer ( and the sound comes out of one speaker only ). could it be the cables or is the table itself messed up. if anyone could shine some light that would be grand. thanks

edit// im using stanton 6800al needles, but i also have numark cc-1's.

i swapped needles and its still happening so im assuming its not the needles.

Posted by serban on Jan-15-2006 00:25:

hey man.... had the same problem when i replaced my stanton tables with technics.... sounds only came outa one speaker... the problem with my tables was the connection between the arm and the needles... so i replaced my needle with some spare ones i had.... so if u can get ur hand on some other needles, but not only needles the whole headshel try replacing them.... hope it works out... pz...

Posted by MSZ on Jan-15-2006 00:30:

but i swapped the working one from my other mk2 to the mono one and same effect =\

Posted by serban on Jan-15-2006 00:33:

ya i did that as well.... its the connection between the headshell and the arm... so i hapened to have a stanton groovemaster II... rilly good headshell and needle.... so i used that one.... my stanton sk 605 needles woudnt work on that one... but the groovemaster needles are like $200... so i woudnt recomment buying new ones jus to fix this problem... but when i replaced it with that one it worked on my buddys tables...

Posted by T-Soma on Jan-15-2006 00:40:

Clean the contacts on the tonearm.

Posted by MSZ on Jan-15-2006 00:52:

i cleaned them quite thoroughly , and put on new carts. same effect.

Posted by Rikki on Jan-15-2006 00:55:

One of the photos may be damages, the connection from the headshell to the tonearm or the wiring in the tonearm itself.

Time to get em serviced.

R.

Posted by T-Soma on Jan-15-2006 01:00:

In aus a new tonearm + getting it installed is $200 Aud
Talk to the guy who sold them to you and kick his ass!

Posted by MSZ on Jan-15-2006 01:58:

most definetly

Posted by nicktra86 on Jan-15-2006 06:27:

i had the same problems...
it was caused by a blown cart.
replace the cart...

if thats not the case, buy a new tonearm...

Posted by sr126 on Jan-15-2006 09:00:

it could also be that one of the cables (that connect to mixer) is bad. maybe the plug is bad. have you tried moving the cable while a record is playing? does the sound cut in and back out? is you have to set the cable a certain way to get sound out of both speakers it's either the cable or the rca plug that's bad. did you try switching the turntables? if the bad one sounds good, and the good one goes mono, then it's a problem w/the mixer. either the inputs are messed up, or the mixer has an internal problem. if the bad tt still sounds bad, and good one still sounds good, then it's definately the TT.

also when fixing things, do the cheap things first. i would suck to replace a tone arm and wiring just to find out the cart was messed up... or the phono preamp is messed up on the mixer.

Posted by T-Soma on Jan-15-2006 11:41:

quote:
Originally posted by *****ra86
i had the same problems...
it was caused by a blown cart.
replace the cart...

if thats not the case, buy a new tonearm...

You obviously didnt read the other posts.

Change as many variables as possible, swap the channels on the mixer to make sure its not the inputs (like sr has mentioned)
If you try everything and still have no success it may be worth removing the bottom of the deck and checking the wiring of the faulty channel.
Before you do anything though and before you look at putting down any cash for a service remember to get in contact with the seller.

Posted by Freak on Jan-15-2006 14:07:

will be the phono cable from the turntable (the built in cable)
they always wear out- simple to fix http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStri...ceRCACables.htm

Posted by MSZ on Jan-15-2006 15:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Freak
will be the phono cable from the turntable (the built in cable)
they always wear out- simple to fix http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStri...ceRCACables.htm

could this be the only problem? this process seems a bit tricky, i would like to know for sure if this was the problem before i do something like this.

Posted by knoxy5000 on Jan-15-2006 15:27:

This being the exact same reason ill never buy second hand electrical equipment. Nine times out of ten you just get skanked and you dont get such a bargain deal you thought you had got

Posted by MSZ on Jan-15-2006 15:32:

i paid very little for these, and i wouldnt be too pissed if the repair didnt cost too much.

Posted by T-Soma on Jan-16-2006 04:54:

Second hand techs have shown to be worth the $$$.
If you have basic soldering skills and a soldering kit it will cost you next to nothing and wont take you much time at all.
I bet if you went to get it serviced they would charge you $50!!!

Posted by MSZ on Jan-16-2006 13:25:

yea im gonna do that this weekend. rca cables are still going to cost me 30 whole dollars ;(