Does it have a counter wait on the back of the tone arm has anybody looked at that because if it's not waited down just correctly with the tone arm counter wait it will slip on the Grove sounding like a skip!!!! Maybe the stylus is defaulty and Its not 100% into the Grove when someone in the factory rubed on the stylus before installing it maybe they damaged it a bit? I'd call audio Technica it should be under warranty

I bought the Audio Technica LP 70 turntable a few weeks ago and at first (few days) it appeared fine. I also upgraded the stylus from the supplied conical to the ATVM95E as per recommendations. I started hearing a skip here and there at first, wondering if my album had always skipped, or was there dust on it? I did the same as you, I took it off, checked for scratches, none, wiped it clean and tried playing again. Same thing, it skipped. Then I put on some old but rarely played 45 singles and the skipping was worse. The stylus couldn’t get past the repeated skip without my help. Before purchasing the AT LP70, I watched some KZbin reviews which were all positive. After the skipping incident I revisited these reviews, paying special attention to the comment section and noticed comments about the turntable skipping. Thinking I unfortunately purchased a faulty turntable, I packaged it up carefully and returned it for a refund. I need an automatic for ease of use due to limited space in the cabinet it will be placed. I decided to go to a specialist music store to purchase another automatic turntable and ask if they knew of any skipping issues with the AT LP 70? Apparently not. They had one in store and luckily I brought my vinyls to try. To my surprise, they skipped on this unit too. Before going to the store I researched the Audio Technica LP3x model, also fully automatic. It had many positive reviews, no comments about skipping and was rated a decent turntable. It was in stock so I purchased this model instead. At home I carefully set it up and put on my records to listen. I started with the records that skipped on the LP 70. To my relief it played them all without a single skip! To my ears, the sound quality is better too. I’ve had it for a week now and I’m playing it daily and so far so good. I am extremely happy with my ATLP3x. I hope this helps others who are considering purchasing the AT LP 70. 😊

All what I can say is it's not the VM95 Cartridge. I have a VM95 and VM530 Cartridge and both don't skip on my Dual DT400. But the recommended tracking force of the VM95 and VM500 Series is 2.0 grams.

To all the geniuses praising eliptical, you better have a flat even record and your tonearm calibrated to perfection, otherwise you will be carving some grooves.

Since there is a pop or click on the Marantz in the same spot that it skips on the Audio Technica, i would suspect there's some kind of debris in the grove of that pressing or it's just a bad pressing. The Audio Technica's cartridge and stylus just won't track it where the Marantz will. Have seen this before. Many of the new pressings are just not the quality of the older LPs. There's a lot of variables here like what are you using to clean the disc etc.

Please post a new video if when and if you find the solution. I have the same story as you with this turntable. I purchased it just after Thanksgiving. My records are in like new condition. I have several turntables, fluance rt85, a atlp120, and a stanton t62. Records that play fine on all of those will not play without loop skipping on the 70x. Ugh. I checked the table for level with a bubble level. I also thought maybe the arm lift was not retracting all the way. I verified with a flashlight that it was retracted and not touching the tonearm lift ball. A different stylus with a sharper profile might be better, BUT it still should not be skipping with a conical. I thought abput it and all I can figure is the tonearm is too light to match the compliance of of the atvm95 series cantilever, OR they designed too much antiskate. I was going to check the antiskate with a blank geodisk but this table is back in its box cause I can't tolerate the skipping. I should have researched a little better before i bought it. Apparently this is a known issue in the forums. Ugh

alright wolfman, you and your son have given me a lot of pointers on my gt aggressor so I hope I can help you out here. I have had my lp70x for about 6 months now. and yes it skipped on 2 records and now they permanently skip on them. it seems it always happen towards the end of the side right before the deadwax area. I thought I just must have bumped the stylus so I replaced the stylus with another blue one it was like 29 bucks I think. audio technica have them on their website and on amazon just make sure they are sold by audio technica and have the logo on the front of the stylus. lots of china remakes on amazon. since I have done that it works flawlessly. also I have learned from other turntable youtubers, that tracking force is determined by the stylus you are using so the lp70x and your marantz will have different tracking force unless they are the same tracking force. I hope this helps and that you are able to correct the issue the 70x is a really good turntable. united states of analog does a really good deep dive into it his video is the best one i've seen so far.

The ATVM95EN is a great choice, you won't be disappointed!

I would replace the stylus with the ATVM95E. The elliptical will track better.

Oh, and the lifting bar for the cueing (arm lifter) is not contacting the lifter on the arm. I've replaced both platter mats with thicker rubber mats which should ensure this by lifting the arm higher when playing...my next step is to go inside the TT to see if something is causing a drag on tone arm lateral movement...keep you posted.

Let me make something clear: 1. I have replaced BOTH STYLI. One with the Micro Linear ($170) which AT sent me at no charge. It ALMOST corrected the problem..almost. 2. I put the ELLIPTICAL stylus on my other lp70x, and it changed NOTHING! 3. My records are SPOTLESS. The worst ones are brand new. 4. The tracking force is preset to 2.2 grams. Good enough. 5. My turntables are LEVEL...

I had a lp60 that would randomly skip on some things I got rid of it

Why would you replace a Marantz with an lp70? I had an lp60 and had lots of skips, all un new records, not old ones. I replaced it with a pioneer pl514x with a sure hi track stylus and no skips at all.

I found that I had skips on the LP60 on albums that did not skip on other turntables. I was hoping they fixed on this new LP70x.

I see Amazon reviews of them skipping. Enough of the reviews say the same thing that there is definitely something wrong. I wouldn't buy one because of it. Also, the noticeable pop you now hear with the Marantz is likely the AT damaging your record by skipping before. Sorry to say, the AT is damaging your albums. RETURN IT. And that difference in tracking force shouldn't have mattered.

They look like Ceramic Stylus, If they are, they will not be able to put up with today's recording's. You need to swap them out for Magnetic Stylus and Cartridge. As for the Anti-Skate, You can get a Record, that has a smooth side No Recording or grove on It 90's White Label Single Sided one will do. Or a old Lazar-Disc will do. Put the Arm half way across, and If It ravels towards the middle, Means you have too much. Turn the Dial the other way till the Arm rests In the Middle, then You are done. Tracking force for a 2-4gram Cart In 2:75 no more or less than this. Good Luck.

Are they both the same type of stylus? Elliptical vs Conical could make a difference.

My LP70X was skipping as well, the same kind where it loops. The nail in the coffin for me was when I purchased a new album and it skipped on the second track. I bought a LP120XUSB and it does not skip on records that were skipping on the LP70X.

Add a 1 gram weight to the tonearm it will correct the issue well enough I doubt there will be distortion from doing that and no skip is always a better time. Conical needs 3.5 grams IMO.

This is why people got rid of this garbage back in the 80s.

the marazntz is a pmount and should be tracking at 1.25

Your new here 😂

Change the stylus, the blue one is the bottom of the range at £30

I havethis turntable. I have the Bluetooth model since mid October and I’ve had a lot of skipping issues. At first. I thought it was on old albums that I recently purchased at like flea markets or what not but I bought a few brand new albums and it’s done that at least on one side of practically every album I’ve played. It skips way more than it should.. now I’m kind of wishing I would’ve bought the Sony instead.

The needle is not the best. I personally would try a better one, like the elliptical, or the fine line. Maybe it stops skipping with this upgrade.

If it were me I would just upgrade the cartridge on the Marantz. You can get the sound your looking for with just a cartridge upgrade. Looks like a nice quality piece. New is not always better.

The Audio Technica AT-70LPX is supposedly factory set to be spot on with regard to tracking force and anti-skate {it is intelligently designed to have a non-replaceable cartridge, but you can upgrade the stylus}. It seems improbable that this would be happening to three tables without perhaps some quality control issues coming to the fore. This table is VERY popular. Perhaps the demand is outstripping the company's ability to assure high quality. Call the company you bought it from and request a replacement.

Is your turntables level? If it's not level it can skip.

One thing to check is if the support that raises and lowers the arm is fully down when the arm lowers. Another thing is your Marantz table using the same style stylus? The LP70X comes with a conical stylus that type of stylus doesn’t track as deep in the groove as an elliptical or more advanced stylus. I use a LP120X with the same cartridge but have elliptical (bonded and nude types) and microlinear styli that I interchange between. Never had skips with either of those. Also have a Sony linear table with a Realistic Shure clone with an elliptical .2x.7 elliptical stylus. Never had skips on that. The pop in your record leads me to believe that higher riding of the conical stylus in the groove causes the stylus to jump out of the groove. The fact it keeps repeating shows me that the factory set anti-skate is doing its job.

Another thought - picture discs are not known for their great pressing quality. Does this issue happen with a lot of normal lps or only a select few discs ? If the issue is widespread, it could be down to the LP70 which is a budget turntable - forgive the description !

Unplug it and move the tone arm from rest to spindle several times and check for more resistance towards the end of the album,,, the auto return mechanism may be not properly lubed from the factory or just need some working in… but make dam sure your anti skate is the same as your tracking force..

The new at turntable is not adjusted correctly.. anti skate, or something is off… there is no other reason it would skip

Remember the tracking force and anti skate is set to the cartridge, the likely hood that the Marantz and Audio Technica cartridges are the same tracking force not likely. You need to look up the tracking force for each cartridge and set them accordingly.

Make sure that the cueing lever bar goes all the way down.

If the skipping is happening on the very same spot, I doubt it is a turntable issue alone. It could be that the weigh of the cartridge is not enough to play that part but that is an issue with the record, not the turntable. If it was an antiskate problem, it would skip in random places, not the same one over and over.

well the styls between the 2 turntables are different... try to adjust the tracking and maybe just a little more weight on the AT turntable just a lttle tad !! as what works for the marantz will not work for the ATyou can also look up the stylus model number and find out what the ideal weight is for that stylus !!!!

Love the Bing Crosby / David Bowie Little Drummer Boy song. Hopefully you get the skipping figured out or Audio Technica does something about it.

I wonder if changing to an elliptical stylus might help with the skipping issues - it should fit the record goove better. It's a shame that the lp70 arm lacks tracking adjustments which wwould have helped with diagnosis. A lack of anti-skate can be an issue. Is your turntable on a level surface ? That can make a heck of a difference.

I could be wrong - so please forgive me in advance. The Marantz has a T4P (P-mount) cartridge. Those should have a tracking force of no more than 1.5g. Ideally they should track at 1.25g. But please look into that. For my taste, it seems too heavy. On the other hand, try the AT at 3g. I know that sounds like a lot, but keep in mind that for example the LP60 (with the 3600 cartridge) tracks at 3.5g. NONE of that will do any harm to your records, so I would say it's worth a try. Now for the anti skate settings... for the adjustable turntables the rule of thumb is, when your tracking force is set to 1.5, so should be the anti skate. If it's not adjustable, well there's nothing you can do, really. IF you want to know anyway, try getting a BLANK vinyl disc so you can SEE whether the stylus skates or not. All that being said, the Marantz is by far the better turntable. It SHOULD sound better than the AT. You may want to try and replace cartridge and/or stylus. Both don't last forever, I'm afraid, and the Marantz is getting on in years. Best of luck, sir!

Keep the conical stylus. Elipticals are for perfectly flat records...which there are non in new pressings. You play a warped record with an eliptical , you will carve out some side grooves.

Thee arm azimuth at the wrong angle?

Is the album dishwarped? Picture discs usually are. If there is an inclination inward it can skip.

Im wondering as the AT is so much lighter it's picking up vibration. Maybe put it on an isolation base.

Is the album dishwarped like most picture discs? If is it can.

I assume you tried cleaning the stylus as a build up of crud on the stylus can cause skipping !

I would upgrade the stylus to the VMN95E - the black one. It's elliptical which means it comes to a point and rides the grooves much better, very reasonably priced and it sounds better than the blue version.

if there is no deep scratch it should not jump, if it jumps it means that the problem is in the turntable itself

Call Audio Technica and report this to them! Their contact info is on the paperwork included with the turntable. I tried to post the number, but "somebody" won't let me...🤔

It sounds like a cartridge issue as the issue on the record repeats itself to a point where you know where its going to skip. The stylus points will be shaped differently and it looks like the AT stylus is riding the groove where your Marantz stylus isnt. A couple of things to suggest are: 1. Check the tips of the stylus with a light and magnifier and check for damage or debris on the stylus.2. Check that the turntable including the platter are level as if they aren't then that too can kick the tracking of the stylus out. 3. If you have any hifi store in your area see if they can try out a temporary cartridge change just to see if it is a cartridge problem. I used to have an AT 120 X but now have a Technica 1500C so I have some previous experience with using an AT turntable. I hope this helps. Dont let this experience put you off as its a great hobby to get into. Good luck.

Dang it, that sucks. If your heart isn't set on an Audio Technica I highly recommend a Fluance. I've had zero problems with mine. The RT80/81 are often on offer and with the removable headshell makes trying different cartridges easy.