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Posted by toxa on Jul-16-2002 17:44:

A turntable question

I have a question,
after replacing the cartriges on my decks, Ive noticed that when I start songs, and wind the vinyl back and forth in order to match the beats, after 2-3 winds, the needle goes a little back, to the point where i lose my starting beat. Does anyone know how to fix this, is this the result of a weight imbalance?
Note: on very light records this does not happen, but on all others this does. This should not occur, because with my old cartriges which were shit, this never happened?

Posted by DJ-Kuza on Jul-16-2002 17:47:

You need to re-balance your tone arm now that you have different wieght carts on it.

Posted by mute79 on Jul-16-2002 18:31:

yea, also your new carts might suck at tracking...

Posted by VoiDeT on Jul-16-2002 21:20:

I think you deffinatly need to rebalance your tone arm. You know how to do that properly right? what new carts did you just put on?

Posted by toxa on Jul-17-2002 14:15:

The carts should be alright they are stanton 500s, which were recommended by a few people.
About rebalancing, I tried it and still same result, maybe im rebalancing wrong. Can someone tell me how they rebalance theirs?

Posted by mute79 on Jul-17-2002 14:18:

add more weight...

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Jul-17-2002 18:22:

ive always though balancing is very simple thing...

just move the position of the weight until the tonearm "free-floats" in the center - ie it should hover horizontal (parallel) with the plater... set the dial on the weight to zero at this position (WITHOUT moving the weigh, so the zero indication the dial indicates the position the tonearm free-floats horizontal with the platter) then turn the weight so the dial indicates the proper tracking force for your cartridge.

also, if there is an extra weight for the headshell, install it... this helped mine be more stable... and if you install the extra weight on the headshell, also install the auxilaury weight on the rear of the tonearm (i'm assuming your using 1200's) to balance it out.

also, make sure the tonearm height is set so the arm is level with the platter when the needle is on the record. set anti-skating to zero.

this is all i've ever done to balance my decks... i run M44G's @ 2.25 grams and i can backcue hard and fast, and scratch with no needle jumping...

-mer

Posted by mantisnl on Jul-17-2002 18:23:

"how?"

with the weights @ the back of ur tonearm u suckah!!!

j/k

Posted by toxa on Jul-18-2002 18:31:

thanx for ur help guys, adding the weight definitely helped

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Jul-18-2002 20:48:

good deal.

now go out and buy yourself a better set of cartridges that wont skip!

hehe
-mer