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Posted by Jah on Aug-01-2002 05:35:

my mark3s have arrived!

just a quick note to say i paid of my last installment in my 1210mk3s ! and just took them home a few hours ago! im at tafe atm but i got to play around on em for about an hour before i left! they rock! i cant wait to get home! (Just got cura me, for an angel and age of love too) so i cant wait to mix them in rah! i love it! i just have a few queries... i had old old old 1200's mark2s before i had the pitches replaced on them straight away because they needed it but i was just wondering on average how long would it be until you would need to replace the pitch (new ones) like how much use would you get out of them? (not that im planning to or anything i mean i only used them for about 15 mins! ) but just curious... and where abouts is the stylus holder ? isnt mark3s meant to have a stylus holder ? i only see that big ass hole thing for old records in the top left...
they look cool with the black/red light combo!
and umm last thing (i got stanton 500 ALII carts) i was wondering the correct hight and weight for them (even though the dude at the store set em all up for me) they are currently on 0 weight (the 0 point has been found) but there is a 4g weight on top of each headshell its like a metal circle like a fat coin... havent seen that before but is that a substitute for increasing the weight normally (on the ring) anyway with those weights off what should the correct setting be?
THANKYOU
sorry i know thats alot to swallow!
i need to go home to practice...

Posted by Jah on Aug-01-2002 05:46:

now i need a vestax pcv 275
i hate my mixer

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Aug-01-2002 19:35:

Re: my mark3s have arrived!

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Originally posted by Jah

and umm last thing (i got stanton 500 ALII carts) i was wondering the correct hight and weight for them (even though the dude at the store set em all up for me) they are currently on 0 weight (the 0 point has been found) but there is a 4g weight on top of each headshell its like a metal circle like a fat coin... havent seen that before but is that a substitute for increasing the weight normally (on the ring) anyway with those weights off what should the correct setting be?
THANKYOU
sorry i know thats alot to swallow!
i need to go home to practice...

first off.. the weight on the headshell.. is good to have. it helps tracking.

on the back of the tonearm, there should be a thread (like a screw thread) in the back of the tonearm... here you can install an extra (auxilary) weight - this should have come with your M3Ds - install it, so you can properly balance the cartridge with the extra weight on the headshell

so, you found the zero point. good. make sure when the marker is at zero, the arm freefloats fairly level to the platter.

I'm not familiar with the 500ALs and what thier tracking force is... but I usually run my carts at about 2 grams, seems to be plenty of force. just play around with it, find the point where it wont skip.. try to set the tracking force as light as possible but not so light that it skips or sounds bad. the less force, the less vinyl wear.

ok... so we'll assume you got that all set. next... put the needle on a record as if you were going to play it. change the height so the tonearm is as parallel with the record as possible (sitting flat)

next, you need to adjust the anti skating. dunno how most people do this, but here's how i do it...

get a one-sided record.. the non-pressed side of the record should be very smooth and shiney... drop the record on the platter with the smooth side up, start the record spinning at 45rpm and let the needle float on the shiny unpressed surface. the tonearm will tend to drift one way or the other (to the inside of outside of the record) ... use the antiskating control to "balance" the drift, so the needle will stay in the same position on the unpressed record... turning the antiskate one way will make the needle vere one direction, and vice versa... just get a balance so the needle doesnt drift over the smooth record and it should be good.............
-mer

Posted by Jah on Aug-02-2002 03:39:

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on the back of the tonearm, there should be a thread (like a screw thread) in the back of the tonearm... here you can install an extra (auxilary) weight - this should have come with your M3Ds - install it, so you can properly balance the cartridge with the extra weight on the headshell

umm is this the weight that you '0' ? isnt that on every turntable ? anyway with that weight on there and set to 2 or (i have around 1 - 1.5) whatever wouldnt the extra 4g on the headshell really wear out the vinyl?
thanx for your help!

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Aug-02-2002 04:29:

well, there's the weight, that you turn with the numbers...

then there is a small addon weight that threads into the back of the tonearm. look at page 5 of the manual, bottom of figure 3, item "e"... if you got manuals with your decks.

the idea of that is to balance out the extra weight of the headshell weight. the manual specifies for carts between 10 and 13 grams, to use the weight.. generally, i use the weight on the end if there is a weight on the headshell... makes the main weight tend to balance more towards the center of it's travel range which i see as a good thing...

-mer

Posted by Jah on Aug-02-2002 05:01:

hmm y eah i see what your talking about! weird didnt come witht hat tho!