Hey everyone,
The table on which I regularly use my turntables isn't the sturdiest. It seems to be inducing a lot of skipping. Is there any way to reduce skipping (I've already tried the counterweights) besides getting a new table?
Thanks.
lol, i dont know man.. maybe your needle is turnin to shit
Sep-12-2004 20:41
DjVash
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Netherlands
What turntables are we talking about?
If the counterweight part doesn't work, the anti skating may be too high OR your turntable isn't horizontal.
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Sep-12-2004 20:42
Mr. Tippy
tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: London
quote:
The table on which I regularly use my turntables isn't the sturdiest
Same problem here. I made my table sturdier by screwing in some pieces of wood as supports on the underside... I wish I had a way to take a pic to show you.
I'm still going to get a new table in the near future. Prolly gonna go with 2 stacks of 3 milk crates filled with bricks. Put a board of wood on top, then a few more bricks to bring the height of the decks to a more comfortable level, then another board on top to set the tables.
(Please ignore the dots... I couldn't get my ghetto diagram to space correctly) I figure full of bricks, the crates would make the table quite solid. I'll even have a shelf from the lower board.
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Sep-12-2004 21:04
rafale
-TA-
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Kuala Lumpur
try freefloats they're quite an amazing contraption !
Only other reasons I can think off is that you need to adjust your anti-skate and/or your needle is really old
Originally posted by DJ Dingel
I have Stanton Str8-80s. I'm still using the needles that came with them two years ago. Looks like I need to go get some new ones.
LOL!! 2 years??? Yes I should say you need to replace the needles.
Sep-13-2004 05:09
tu_face
No Known Cure...
Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Sheffield, UK
yeah the styli need replacing. you should replace them approx every 6 months or so (depending on how much hammer you give them).
if they still fuck up you can try adjusting the tonearm height up a notch or two, but re-balance the tonearm afterwards