Success at last, third time is a charm!

BaggedLancer
BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
edited January 2008 in 2 Channel Audio
Got a call from my other uncle that he had a Technics table that he wasn't sure what was wrong with it. I went by a little while ago and grabbed it. Brought it home, took the platter off to find the elastic band belt was off and bundled up. Luckily it wasn't broken or stretched, put it back in place and I'm happy to report it works PERFECT.

I'm playing my Chicago album right now.....playing and tracking perfectly. Soooo happy to finally get something working until tax return time. It's ugly but it gets the job done for now. I'm using the tape monitor output as suggested by mhardy for playback for now.

It only took three different tables but finally I'm in the cool Polkies club.

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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Now playing: Meatloaf
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited January 2008
    Congrats!

    I just updated my system page to include my dad's turntable (that I now have!)

    I guess we're both cool polkies! Where's my cookie?? :D
    My system

    "The world is an ever evolving clusterf*ck." --treitz3
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    No cookies....they are bad for you!

    I just put in Van Halen Diver Down.....good stuff. Being able to play vinyl now literally just doubled my music library. LOTS of listening to do.
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  • avguytx
    avguytx Posts: 1,628
    edited January 2008
    Ahhhh....VH Diver Down. I remember when that LP came out. That was the first album we played the last day of my (our) 9th grade year before moving over to the High School. "Where Have All The Good Times Gone." Good memories....
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    nms wrote: »
    Congrats!

    I just updated my system page to include my dad's turntable (that I now have!)

    I guess we're both cool polkies! Where's my cookie?? :D
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited January 2008
    6.gif

    Damn! Squashed by my own cookie! :)
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Darla you can cancel sending me that VPI scout now for safekeeping....I'm not sitting outside anymore. :D
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited January 2008
    My brother gave me one that is just like it but with out the adjustable speed. The belt was off of his also. I have been having fun with it, listening to GW records.

    I am to lazy to take a picture.

    Scott
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited January 2008
    Nice grab Mark. Make sure you clean those records.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    I'm wiping every one off before i play it. Joe, your stuff is in the mail tomorrow morning, i swear this time!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited January 2008
    I'll be sending you the brushes as soon as my legs stop shaking!:(
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    I'll be sending you the brushes as soon as my legs stop shaking!:(

    Go the bathroom? :confused:
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited January 2008
    CONGRATS !!

    I know how hard you have worked to get a TT up and running...

    Good on ya !

    Enjoy !!
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Led Zeppelin is good on vinyl!
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited January 2008
    Don't let your dad near this one.
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • nms
    nms Posts: 671
    edited January 2008
    Face wrote: »
    Don't let your dad near this one.

    hahaha! :D
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited January 2008
    Congrats, dude! It's about time!

    Now you need a Zerodust!

    :D
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Found my first issue, everytime I grab an album off the TT....loaded with static electricity....anyway to make this stop?
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,802
    edited January 2008
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Found my first issue, everytime I grab an album off the TT....loaded with static electricity....anyway to make this stop?

    Yeah, it'll stop in June!
    Static electricity is terrible here in the wintertime. Far worse than what I grew up with in Baltimore.

    You can ground yourself just prior to picking up the record. I usually tap my finger on the CDP or the amp. The downside is getting a bit static zap! High voltage, low current. Not my favorite experience.

    Milty still makes and sells the Zerostat antistatic gun. These do work.
    http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=10413

    Otherwise, a point-of-use humidifier might help.

    You should invest in a good record cleaning "system" if you're serious about licorice pizzas in the long run, I'd say.

    The "Disc Doctor" products are pretty good and pretty reasonably priced. Disc Doctor clone brushes are available, too.
    http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=11115
    http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_detail.cfm?Title_ID=15099

    The clone brushes are branded "Mobile Fidelity".
    http://www.musicdirect.com/product/73897

    FWIW, I use the Disc Doctor products for serious record cleaning (e.g., dump and thrift store finds).

    For play-to-play cleaning, I either use an Audioquest carbon fiber brush or an ancient and venerable Discwasher.
    http://www.musicdirect.com/product/72883

    An RCM (record cleaning machine) is the best way to clean records, but they're fairly pricey.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Thanks Mr Hardy...

    $100 for an anti-static gun seems a bit on the pricey side. I don't think at this point it is "if" I get serious in vinyl it's a matter of "when" i get serious into vinyl. I have a little notebook here with a list of all the stuff I need including the VPI 16.5 RCM, Brushes, sleeves, solutions, etc. How far I go is entirely dependant on tax returns. :D

    I'm going to try and pick up some anti-static cleaning clothes today.

    Does anyone know if there is an optimum humidity my room should be in when listening/storing vinyl?
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Found my first issue, everytime I grab an album off the TT....loaded with static electricity....anyway to make this stop?

    I found that if you stick your finger in an electrical outlet as you are removing the LP it cancels the static electricity out.:p














    not really










    don't try it












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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Should I unbend a paper clip first and push that in each side?






    I've already done that Darla. Last year I had a wet sponge in my hand washing walls after tearing off wallpaper....I thought the circuit breaker was off, went over the wall outlet and boom, I was zapped!
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Should I unbend a paper clip first and push that in each side?






    I've already done that Darla. Last year I had a wet sponge in my hand washing walls after tearing off wallpaper....I thought the circuit breaker was off, went over the wall outlet and boom, I was zapped!

    Cool! So what's your super power?!
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    Same one Mel Gibson got in "What Women Want"


    Not really, I wish.......women are complicated creatures. :(
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    Same one Mel Gibson got in "What Women Want"


    Not really, I wish.......women are complicated creatures. :(

    Tell me about it!:p
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited January 2008
    Does the TT have a ground wire or a screw for grounding on it??

    I get the same static if my TT isn't grounded.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    yea it's grounded, already checked that.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited January 2008
    Then it is definately a humidity thing. I take it you have forced air heat? Always dries the house out in the winter.

    An IT guy I worked with told me if you rub your hands together before you touch the TT it may stop the shock and static.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    I just turned the heat off. I'm going to leave it off for a few days, see if that helps.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    be sure to balance the tonearm correctly... most people have to much weight on their tonearms. most cartridges usually take around 1 to 3 grams of weight, not much. also set the anti skate to the same as your cartridge weight. you probable at the very least replace the needle. you can find one here.http://needledoctor.com
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