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Help me calibrate my turntable!

post #1 of 4
1/6/06 at 1:00am
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I need help calibrating a turntable I recently aquired. Before this i had an automatic turntable that didn't have any adjustments to make so I don't know how to calibrate this one. I have some pictures that I took.





I don't know what all the parts are so if someone could please point out to me what the counter weight is and the anti-skating adjustment and all of that is. Also, if someone want's to post a step by step tutorial on how to actually calibrate it I would be grateful. I also understand I need a phono stage to play records with it. I hooked up the aux outputs to the Phono inputs on my stere reciever and played a cheap record but there was this high pitched whine from the speakers that was almost as loud as the music. Is this a calibration issue or some sort of equipment that I need to purchase? Thanks for the help.
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post #2 of 4
1/7/06 at 4:44pm
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Nevermind, it doesn't work. I'm buying a new one, so I'll make a thread about that.
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post #3 of 4
1/10/06 at 4:45pm
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Originally Posted by HollisBrown
I need help calibrating a turntable I recently aquired. .
When you say its broken what do you mean exactly? if you can play records on it and get music with a whine at the same time it sounds like some kind of feedback on your amp or possibly the earth connection isn't attached.
It looks like a pretty nice deck? is it a Dual? Looks like a CS505. If so it will be worth repairing if it is really broken. Look here

http://www.dual-reference.com/Contacts/SCmain.html

for service centres. If it is a CS505 it was on of the best budget turntables of the 80's and certainly it will be better than your existing Pioneer with a little setting up.

The Thorens TD160 in your other post looked like a good bet to me as well, certainly for the 125USD or so it went for. These decks are very easily upgraded and can outperform modern budget decks into the +1000 USD region and beyond with some tweaking.
If you are in any way technically adept, ie you can change a plug, then upgrading an old deck like this will give you serious sonic rewards for very little outlay.
If you just want an off-the-shelf solution go to a dealer and get something like a Music Hall / Rega Planar 2 deck. This will cost you a little more than 200 and won't include a phono stage but with turntables build quality is really important and modern decks in this pricerange won't be upto the same standards as what you can find 2nd hand.
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post #4 of 4
2/3/06 at 12:28pm
Don't discount the TT since its going to an aux input. Try it on a phono input or phono stage.
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