Hi All-

My friend and I were playing at a bar last night and I had an SSL issue.

We were playing on Technics 1200s, a CDJ-800, a Pioneer djm-600, and new Ortofons. My friend was playing vinyl & cd’s and I was running SSL 1.5 off of my Macbook pro.

We were going back and forth every 30 minutes. Everything sounded fine prior to my friend playing, but when I went back on, I couldn’t get a clean signal out of either turntable. I had to switch back to vinyl for a few mixes, while I attempted to recalibrate SSL. It didn’t seem to help, as the signal appeared muddy. When looking at the waveform on the display, it looked fatter and a bit distorted, rather that sharp and clear. Eventually my SSL signal cleaned up, and I didn’t have an issue for the rest of the evening.

I’ve played back and forth between SSL & vinyl before and haven’t had this issue. I didn’t bring a brush, so I’m thinking that it may have been an issue with a dirty needle.

Anyway-Does this sound like a familiar issue?

dj Javaight