if you play your records under high weight, they will lose their quality after many plays. try not to use a lot of weight on your records.

and if some of your records are second hand, maybe the previous owner played them alot... there are many reasons but these are the obvious ones.

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all the records are brand new though. one of my friends said that it could be that the vinyl werent cut deep enough. By the way what should i have the wieght set at?

too much bass might be the problem. (it it is too much bass, the distortion will sound like a low-pitched hum)

the sub, or woofer of the speakers vibrates whatever thats on, and the vibration travels through the ground to whatever ur tables r on. the needle picks up these vibrations, send it to the amp, then to the speakers and the loop continues, and keeps amplifying itself.

this obviously doesnt happen with cds, cuz the cd players arent effected by bass, unless there is WAAAYYY too much, causing it to skip.

to fix this problem, you can do a few things
A. put your tables on a more bass-absorbant material (see other posts for different types of this)
or
B. turn the bass down on your sound-system (doesnt work that well cuz there will still be some bass, so when u crank it up, your still gonna have the same problem)

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huh?

...okay, my guess would be as follows:

I just bought my first set of turntables (Technics 1200s) in mid-January, and I ran into a somewhat similar issue the first day. The manual had a horrible explanation for how to calibrate the tonearm balancing, and as a result, my records sound like crap.

The cartridge (and tonearm) was literally losing contact with the record when there was a beat, as that slight change in the vinyl surface made the very loose tonearm bounce upwards slightly. Fortunately I go to school with a guy that spins locally, and he gave me some tips for the calibration.

I can't tell you on your turntables exactly, but you might want to try adding some weight, and see if that fixes your distortion problems.

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