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Turntable RCA cables

djgrits7 2:20 PM - 17 May, 2013
Hey guys my tone feedback circles are good but on my back spin on one turntable it tends to not track as well... Switched turntable needle and everything worked fine... So I'm assuming this is an RCA issue?
Ollie 3:09 PM - 17 May, 2013
it's a needle issue.
djgrits7 7:18 PM - 17 May, 2013
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it's a needle issue.

Geez I apologize... I meant I switched the needle and still had similar issue with it not trackin on fast movements etc... Played around with calibration latency was fine etc... Only thing I can see is RCA cables right?
DJRemixEnt 7:33 PM - 17 May, 2013
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Only thing I can see is RCA cables right?

wont know until you swap them
Laz219 11:03 PM - 17 May, 2013
Worn vinyls and low threshold would be my first guesses
Code:E 2:12 AM - 18 May, 2013
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Worn vinyls and low threshold would be my first guesses

+1
djgrits7 5:33 AM - 18 May, 2013
Fairly new vinyl guys and threshold us fine
DJRemixEnt 5:44 AM - 18 May, 2013
did you swap those rca's?
Cisco El Nino 9:34 PM - 18 May, 2013
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Hey guys my tone feedback circles are good but on my back spin on one turntable it tends to not track as well... Switched turntable needle and everything worked fine... So I'm assuming this is an RCA issue?


what kind of turntable are you using, it could even be your tonearm and the bearings
Cisco El Nino 9:43 PM - 18 May, 2013
also are you using the same headshell and needles on both?
djgrits7 12:35 AM - 19 May, 2013
Yup same everything technics 1200s rcas are soldered in... There's no ground as it is wired into one of the RCA cables etc
Cisco El Nino 10:44 PM - 19 May, 2013
so you switched the headshell/cartridge or just the stylus? i doubt its an RCA problem. it really sounds like a bad stylus. you could also clean the pins inside the tonearm, use rubbing alcohol, or the good stuff, caig detoxit gold, but i highly doubt its that too. but a lil cleaning doesnt hurt.
DJJOHNNYM_vSL3 11:31 PM - 19 May, 2013
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what kind of turntable are you using, it could even be your tonearm and the bearings


This
djgrits7 1:27 PM - 20 May, 2013
It's technics 1200... Ill try spraying some depoxit gold in it... I have ortofone needles and I switched them out... It's the same problem regardless...still think it's tonearm or needles?
Cisco El Nino 1:52 PM - 20 May, 2013
check if your tonearm has any "play", ie if you push the tone arm and pull, if you see any sort of play, you need to adjust the screws for the bearings, but do it slowly as those bearings are fragile, and your settings are the same on both tables? ie height and weight? and have you tried it with a regular record to see if it skips too?
djgrits7 6:07 PM - 20 May, 2013
Thanks ill look into that!
Papa Midnight 10:42 PM - 20 May, 2013
Funny that this topic would appear right as this post from Serato does :)

serato.com
djgrits7 3:41 AM - 24 May, 2013
thanks for that man but the scope circles are perfect on there!