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quick question about my turntables (setting them up now) (pg. 2)
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| borron |
Yes, you can do fine without this little weight. If the whitelabels are new, set the tracking weight to 2.5, height to 2/2.5 mm (doesn't really matter) and antiskate with 0, without the little counterweight.
You should go fine with that settings on a 1200. After a few weeks, you can change the tracking force to 2.25 or 2, since the needles take some time to adjust. |
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| auujay |
| quote: | Originally posted by nrjizer
Ahh, I think I misunderstood what they were saying. I beleive they were talking about that little weight that screws on the back of tonearm. |
Yes probobly, with my Ortofon Concords I have never used that additional little weight.
Also, each notch on the Technics is 0.1 grams, the part labeled 0.5 is 0.5 grams. |
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| auujay |
| quote: | Originally posted by borron
If the whitelabels are new, set the tracking weight to 2.5, height to 2/2.5 mm (doesn't really matter) and antiskate with 0, without the little counterweight.
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No, the height is different for everyone (even if using 1200s). If you are both using Technics tts, the difference in the correct height will depend on the slip mates. The Technics slipmats that came with my M3Ds were fairly thin but my current ones are rather thick. |
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| nrjizer |
| alright that sounds clear enough. As for the counterweight, that first horizontal notch = 0g, correct? |
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| dukes |
| quote: | Originally posted by nrjizer
alright that sounds clear enough. As for the counterweight, that first horizontal notch = 0g, correct? |
yes :)
hurry up and set up and get spinning!!! :p |
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| nrjizer |
| waiting for my damn mixer and needles to arrive! :whip: |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| quote: | Originally posted by nrjizer
Ahh, I think I misunderstood what they were saying. I beleive they were talking about that little weight that screws on the back of tonearm. |
Exactly:toocool: :toocool: Using the Whitelabels does not require the *little* additional counterweight to be used. |
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| [UK]Trancedewdİ |
| hmmm...should everyone set their anti-skate to zero...whatever their carts are? |
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| auujay |
I don't understand why someone would say to put anti-skate at zero. To correctly set antiskate you need a blank (grooveless) record. Put the needle on the blank record and turn on the TT, the needle will skate to the inside or outside of the record. Adjust the antiskate so that it stays in the center. If you don't have any one sided vinyl you can guesstimate by putting it to about the same number of grams of tracking force (ie, 2.5 grams of tracking 2.5 antiskate).
In the end I guess it is personal taste and whatever you prefer. |
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| `pr0digy |
| Antiskate is fine if all your doing is listening to records, but during backcueing, or any time your spinning the record backwards, it does the opposite of what antiskate is supposed to do, making the needle more prone to skip. |
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| dukes |
| quote: | Originally posted by `pr0digy
Antiskate is fine if all your doing is listening to records, but during backcueing, or any time your spinning the record backwards, it does the opposite of what antiskate is supposed to do, making the needle more prone to skip. |
im at a lost pr0digy! do people not read instruction manuals. it clearly says on mine. "Dont use anti-skating bias if you are backcueing"
your one of the only people ive ever met who understands this :p |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| Do NOT use anti-skate if you are back queing/DJing. Only use it if you are just listening to tracks like with your HI-FI setup or something like that, where you won't back que. |
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