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Posted by Jah on Apr-22-2002 15:12:

Various Questions :)

hi i just go tmy technics! man im excited could someone please tell me some optimum tone arm settings :P i have ortofon carts but i took them off cause there lie to close to the vinyl are you supposed to increase the height when putting on ortofon stylus'? thanx
also the tables arnt grounded atm cause the wires cant reach to a wall or anything should i just wait till my mixer arrives and ground them there? sorry million and one questions i know but hey also should i clean the stylus' and tables often? the slipmats make this wooshing noise wheni hold the record down too is this normal? thanx!!!!!

Posted by Great Outdoors on Apr-22-2002 18:26:

Re: Various Questions :)

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Originally posted by Jah
hi i just go tmy technics! man im excited could someone please tell me some optimum tone arm settings :P i have ortofon carts but i took them off cause there lie to close to the vinyl are you supposed to increase the height when putting on ortofon stylus'? thanx
also the tables arnt grounded atm cause the wires cant reach to a wall or anything should i just wait till my mixer arrives and ground them there? sorry million and one questions i know but hey also should i clean the stylus' and tables often? the slipmats make this wooshing noise wheni hold the record down too is this normal? thanx!!!!!

That's a lot of questions Jah

I don't own Ortofon carts but I would say that the antiskate and counterweight settings I recommended in my other thread should suffice. You either have to ground the tables to the mixer if you own one or you will have to ground it to the amp you fixed your tables to. The stylus should be cleaned often with a soft brush, and all it takes to maintain your turntables is to prevent dust from getting in there. Your slipmat should move together with the platter when you hold the record down so I reckon some whooshing sound due to friction is inevitable. Just try to be gentle with it!

Posted by DJTJ on Apr-22-2002 21:21:

For setting up the tonearm etc, see sig.

For grounding the table, what the hell are you doing trying to connect it to a wall socket??!? How are you listening to vinyls at the moment? If you are just connecting the turntable to an amp, then hopefully you are connecting it to a phono input. If this is the case, then the amp will have a ground terminal, so you can use that. If your amp doesn't have a phono input (and it must say PHONO on it) then you'll just have to wait until you get that mixer!

Posted by Superscope on Apr-22-2002 22:45:

Yeah Djtj ure guide got me goin when i got my new 1210 mk3's and i have been sound ever since!

Posted by DJTJ on Apr-22-2002 23:39:

Glad to be of service!

Posted by Jah on Apr-23-2002 04:03:

thanx dude

Posted by Jah on Apr-23-2002 04:42:

by the way with the ortofon cartridges if i put the weight to 3 that seems like its putting way too much pressure on the vinyl it seems to hold still at about 1

Posted by Great Outdoors on Apr-23-2002 08:19:

3 is a little too much IMHO; scratchers use 3.

Posted by Dj Thy on Apr-23-2002 08:38:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...?threadid=41698

I explained my method there.

The weight you put on the needle also depends greatly on your spinning style. If you are a plain mixer that uses pitch riding to beatmatch (no touching the platter or record to correct), no need to put huge amounts of weight. But if you are more an active performer (scratches, spinbacks etc) then you'll probably need more weight, because you'll be actively working on the vinyl, causing more chance to make the needle jump.