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!!!!!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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

hehehe i cant wait to play my highlander record

! 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 !

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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

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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!

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....

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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!

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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!

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