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stevebutabi
spiritual-body-soul thing

Registered: Apr 2003
Location: On the Edge of the Trans-Amazonian Highway in a Hastily Erected Wooden Shack

problem with 1200's

my 1200's are working fine, but my buddy is having a problem with his.

the problem:

when cueing tracks the stylus skips like crazy- the whole cartridge
shakes whenever you move the record with your hand. is this a problem with the cartridge or the tone arm?

thanks!

Apr-04-2004 20:54 United States

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diesel0
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Jan 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada

I kinda have the same problem, but only with certain records. I believe its the record press that causes that. I could be wrong...

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Apr-04-2004 21:42 Latvia

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Spin Doctor
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Outside Over There

If it’s a mounted cartridge: take it off the tone arm, strip it down and put it back together again. Then recalibrate the tone arm setup.

If it’s an all in one cart: Just recalibrate the tone arm setup.

It might sort out the problem, and it can’t harm it to try.

Apr-05-2004 01:01 United Kingdom

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stupidisco
Suspended User

Registered: Apr 2004
Location: the oc bitch

- what brand is the stylus?
- did you check the settings for the stylus?

Apr-05-2004 03:05 United States

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stevebutabi
spiritual-body-soul thing

Registered: Apr 2003
Location: On the Edge of the Trans-Amazonian Highway in a Hastily Erected Wooden Shack

the cartridge and stylus are stanton

it happens for all records, regardless of the press

i guess i'm gonna have to take it apart and put it back to gether

Apr-05-2004 06:00 United States

WeasiL
Senior tranceaddict

Registered: May 2001
Location: Long Island

yea that wouldnt be a problem with the TT but rather the cartridge. What model of stantons are they? I'm guessing it's an integrated headshell design as you said the cartridge and stylus were stanton. If so have you made sure they were balanced properly and are using the correct amount of tracking force? I would suggest rebalancing the cartridge and check all settings, like height and anti-skate. If you are still having problems then switch stylus tips if you have an extra. And if that don't help then I would bring your cartridges over to your friends house to see if he would need some new cartridges.

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Apr-05-2004 14:20

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Vero
Still Lurking Around...

Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Orlando, FL

i would try just screwing your tone arm weights down a little more. a friend of mine puts his weights on backwards and screws them all the way down so that they allmost never loose the groove, allthough I'm guessing this will eat up records alot faster. good luck!

Apr-05-2004 16:15 United States

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welly
Junior tranceaddict

Registered: Dec 2003
Location: swansea

actually your all wrong

The problem is that the locking mechanism that the cartridge attaches to the turntable through is a bit loose. This causes the cartridge to have a slight wobble.

To fix this, get a very small screwdriver and tighten up the two screw's located on the underside of the tone-arm(near the tip).

If this works, please post back!