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Posted by Jah on Apr-22-2002 13:49:

They Have Arrived!!!!!

YES! i was stressing all day cause i tought they shoudl have come by now but they didnt by the time i left for work! anyway i come home and theres these glroious huge boxes! i just smiled! anyway ive unpacked my mk2s there in used condition but they all seem fine mechanically and all! my question to everyone is 1. how can i check if everything is ok mechanically ice checked with pitch and stuff and its all holding its pitch fine.... also the headshell one one of em is a bit scratched minor i know but is it possible to get a new one and replace it easily!? omg this si so cool right now highlander is cranking in the background!!!!! also i have a pair of ortofon stylus' (currently theres stanton 500s on them) can anyone please tell me how to fit the ortofons i put it on with the pins and all but then i didnt get it and had to abort
anyway the mk2s are here i really dont wanna count my chickens before they hatch or whatever but this is so exciting! please anyone tips on how to check there ok and keep them in good nic! thanx!!!!!

Posted by Jah on Apr-22-2002 14:01:

hi again also sorry this sounds so paranoid but hey im just a paranoid person when the platter spin the vinyl (very slightly) moves up and down is this normal? you can see the stylus moving up and down as it spins round... sorry podantic i know but i just wanted to check if its normal!?

edit: sorry alsos some tonearm settings from you pros would be much appreciated please! thanx!

Posted by Great Outdoors on Apr-22-2002 14:51:

Hey Jah congrats! And yeah you're being paranoid it's absolutely normal for the record to be spinning up and down; it's the record, not your turntables!

I have my antiskate tuned to around 1.0 and my counterweight set to 1.5, sometimes a little more when I am doing a recording. Hope that helps, and congrats!

Posted by Jah on Apr-22-2002 14:58:

awsome thanx for the settings mate! im afraid il dig a hole in my vinyl i put the ortofon carts in but they sit ALOT lower than the stanton needles so i was wondering does this wear out the vinyl more? or is this normal for ortofon carts... currently i have them sitting back on the shelf and using the old stantons which sit about right :P cheers!!!!!! any more usefull newb hints would be much apprecaited i dunno wtf im doing with my tone arm so if someone could gimme a noob explination to set it up it would be mucha pprecitated! thanx!

Posted by ingentis on Apr-22-2002 15:25:

nice jah, im getting my tables back FINALLY tomorrow or wednesday..

hehehe i cant wait to play my highlander record

Posted by Jah on Apr-22-2002 15:28:

! awsome good luckw ith that dude!
let me tell you when i first heard that beautiful highlander playing through the decks ohhhh i melted took me a while to figure out ralphie b mix is on one side which is 45 rpm and the original/end game is on the other but 33 rpm! lol !

Posted by sot on Apr-23-2002 00:41:

Congrats on your new technics! About your carts being to low and seem to tear away yer vinyl what you should do is adjust the weight on the tonearm so its got less weight, doing this will hopefully make your carts not tear away your vinyl and your carts shouldn't be that low..just experimenent and i'm sure you will get it

Posted by hapamoto on Apr-23-2002 01:31:

its all trial and error my friend.. btw, congrats on the decks!... anyways you don't too much weight or it will start to fuck w/ ur vinyl.. but on the other hand u need enough so that if someone bumps ur table or anything, ur tone arm won't go flying off the record!

Posted by CarlosM on Apr-23-2002 04:22:

HEY... CONGRATS!!.... I got the same Feelling that u like two months ago when i Get my Tables too .. and i Bought thems USEd too... I hope Your Tables are OK... remember to check the pitch... it has to change the bpm Quickly.... changed from +8 to -8 an vice versa to prove how quiclki get the new speed...Congrats AGAIN MAN!!

BTW: If u see something a little scratched like The little Light, Tonearm, Swtich power.. remember that all that stuffs can be bought separatlye... u can check www.djmart.com if u wanna change something....

See ya Around.. Sorry about my Broken English

Posted by Jah on Apr-23-2002 05:25:

hi thanx guys!
with the pitch if i bring it down slowly (realy slow) you cant tell the differance but it is speeding up however if i shove the pitch slider say right down to the bottom theres like a half a second delay before it brings the pitch right up is this normal? thanx!

Posted by DJ LIQUID on Apr-23-2002 06:34:

CONGRATZ ON THE DEKZ

you will not be disapointed

Posted by j_spot on Apr-23-2002 07:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Jah
hi thanx guys!
with the pitch if i bring it down slowly (realy slow) you cant tell the differance but it is speeding up however if i shove the pitch slider say right down to the bottom theres like a half a second delay before it brings the pitch right up is this normal? thanx!

yes this is normal.

which ortofons do you have? concorde? nightclub?--either way, the Height should be set to 0.5 for ortofons, then u find the balance point, add 2 Gs weight, put antiskate same as weight(2) and you are set.

enjoy!

Posted by DJ Darchinova on Apr-23-2002 07:55:

What mixer do you have Jah?
How much?

Posted by skywarp on Apr-23-2002 19:41:

quote:
Originally posted by j_spot

the Height should be set to 0.5 for ortofons, then u find the balance point, add 2 Gs weight, put antiskate same as weight(2) and you are set.

There is no set number for tonearm height since it would depend on how thick your slipmats are as well as on the cartridge. You should adjust the height so that the little flat part where the needle comes out is parallel with the record.

Posted by The_Groove on Apr-23-2002 19:55:

Checking pitch/speed

Just in case you don't know, you can make sure that 33 1/3 rpm is really 33.3 by looking at the little dots on the platter. The red light shines on them and at exactly 33.3 they should appear to be stationary. It should look like the little dots are going past the bigger ones. If you want to be specific, make sure 33.3 dots go past the big ones in a minute.

Is this common knowledge? I was pretty amused when I found this out.

Same goes for 45rpm.

Posted by Jah on Apr-24-2002 15:23:

hi i have ortofon nightclub onessss with the pitch thing ive been changing it heaps and come to the conclusions theres about half a second to a second delay if i change the pitch real quick however if i bring it down slowly you can hardly tell (real slow tho) sorry i know jspot answered this before but is that about right?

Posted by Jah on Apr-24-2002 15:24:

btw i have a mtx x3 mixer nothing special but its got most of the basics on it i think it retails for like 600 aus but i got it of ebay

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Apr-24-2002 22:07:

dude. nice one on getting the mk2s. I myself am getting the same decks in about 2 weeks, so i will probs be asking for ur advice if thats ok wit u, since by then u will be all up to scratch, and hopefully everything running smoothly for ya.

Curious, what mixer u got? and what kinda music style u into?

Posted by kr00t0n on Apr-25-2002 00:48:

I gots a quezzie:

I've got Numark TT-100's (in my sig) and I've had the anti-skating set to 0 and the counter-weight set to 2.5 (so the needle doesnt fly if I scratch or do a pull-back).

What is anti-skating and what should I set it to?
And will the weight being 2.5 damage my vynil?

Thanks
kr00t0n