super useful video, but casey skate is a masterpiece..

My original UK version (2006) sounds awful... Lots of hum and scratches clearly heard between tracks. The very beginning of side A has very loud scratchy sound as soon as needle drops on intro grooves. I heard they were all badly pressed 😕

I have an AT-LP120XUSB. I am running an Otofon M2 black. I see the same style ring as you describe and the turntable looks exactly like the one you were showing except my ring. Looks like it’s fixed in place. Yet, I looked on the Internet for my model and it showed it being adjustable. What gives? Am I missing something, you did a great video! Thank you

thank you thank you thank you

Tnx but... what can be done when the tonearm lift is not demping and drops the needle too fast on the record. where do I (re)fill the lift with demping fluid (silicone oil/grease)? on a Technics turntable like this please? .

Excellent

I have a Thorens, when it gets to the last track it skips at the end of the song? How do you adjust it to finish twords the end of the center, twords the label?

I have no control ring for arm height adjustment in my Technics SL- 1500. How can I adjust tonearm height?

I did it without turning my anti skate to 0 and it read exactly what my tracking force is set to. I’m so glad I bought this device after worrying that I messed up doing my counterweight. Great product👍

Also I have a Dual 1019 What should i set the anti skate to with a Shure M75 Cart? I do not see an entry on Shure literature. thx I set it to 1.25 but not sure how to tell if that is correct. I set tracking force to 2 with this scale.

If you calibrate the meter and the arm balanced, then measure tracking force and it is close but like .10 or .20 out do you then adjust the tracking force dial or the weight on the back of the tone arm to make it exact? Or does it matter.

What does it mean when it says “Full” ?

Thank you! Very clear and helped me with my first fully adjustable table!!

Thank U sir

I thought you were going to change the needle, or do some trick in the tone arm. Plot twist XD.

great tuition I have to say, however ... been using a 1pence piece stuck to the headshell for 20 years works well lol

cool!

THOSE COCKROACHES ARE THE FAMILY OF GASPAR GOMEZ AND THE F--ING DIAZ BROTHERS, TRYING TO GET OUT OF KOO-BAH!

You’ve visit the worst record stores in Lima. Both of them have the highest prices and the worst quality. Next time you’d look for visit Quilca, Discos Eternos (witch is a label also) and Galerias Brasil.

You saved me!!!! MY SAVIOR!!!!

phenomal explanation dood 🙌 thank you!

Still you missed two important things

Worked for me. Thanks.

I'm still a little confused what the difference is between the balancing and stylus tracking. Aren't you moving the same thing for both? Will adjusting the tracking pressure mess with the balance? Sorry I'm super new to manual turntables

Should’ve known something like that was coming when I noticed you only have 2k subs😂

great video

Thank you! Other tutorials skip out on little details. This helped

Would love to see a documentary on melodiya records and what this story would be. Life for people who worked there and life around music in the soviet union.

Thank you for your videos. I have another issue. After following your video to balance my Ortofon Concorde cartridge and stylus, I noticed when I lifted and moved my tonearm side to side, the tonearm height lock is touching the tonearm tracking balance weight. I then found this video to adjust tonearm height. It turned out that my tonearm height was a bit too high by 2mm, causing arm to slope down. Problem is, I cannot lower the tonearm height any further (already at lowest point on dial). How to fix this please?

What should be the correct setting?

Hey ....... That Bush LP in your video is one of the most underrated albums of the early '70s. Too bad they only lasted a year & half. Cheers!

I was trying to figure out how to adjust the tone arm riser, thanks for confirming it was that one screw! I didn’t want to adjust that screw without knowing first because I thought maybe it was for something else. Thanks again!

not pressed buy universal is it ?

Haha got me

Why do you set antiskatig to zero..?

thanks man, super clear

So funny!

I sometimes spray a distilled water mist on a microfiber cloth then wipe my records as they spin on the turntable. Nothing I’ve tried works well. Great demonstration! Thank you

Those speakers got built after Teledyne bought A.R. They are better-built than a lot of speakers today, but not "classic" A.R. which is why you can't find a listing. My take does not matter. If you are pleased with the sound, they will probably last quite awhile.

Beautifully explained. Thank you so much.

Errrr your records are not in covers what do you know!

Thanks for the video. I just clicked through on your link to the product and, in contrast to your $12-$14, amazon has it listed for £38, which is about $45!!!???

I cant get to 2.5 on my weight. It stops at 1 :/ im tryin the same steps

Hi! Thanks for your clear instructions - so far the best I've seen. I have an old Marantz 6300 that is very different from the turntable you have, yet I was able to follow your steps and balance the torn arm. Gracias de nuevo!

One day I will care my vinyl just like you

If the needle isn't making good contact with the record can it affect volume or cause skipping? Also if the needle is pressing to hard will that make the record sounds louder at the cost of record longevity?

Do you know how to adjust the height on the tone arm lifter on an Akai AP-307?

I have just bought a Lenco turntable and the weight arm is suggested at 3.5. I can't get it to stay at this weight as it keeps coming of and then I need to rebalance it back to 0. I decided to set the arm at 1g and singles played but albums wouldn't. I then moved the weight slightly 2 times till the album would play without jumping. Is this ok as some state it's to light even though my records are playing and they sound fantastic.

I live in Hungary, our pressing plant couldn't always meet demand, so we resorted to imports, mostly from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria or India, but sometimes the USSR too. So we have quite a lot of soviet releases, mostly classical and some western pop/rock music (Modern Talking, Cliff Richard are the most common), but not many domestic pop (except Alla Pugacheva), which is sad, 'cause i love soviet new wave, synth-pop and disco. Thankfully i managed to find a couple: Gruppa Feya, Sofia Rotaru, Maki, Alisa, Marina Zhuravleva, and that legendary aerobic instruction record with the cool minimal synthpop music. I'm still on the hunt for: Kino, Bazykina Twins, Roma Zhukov, Verasy, Car-Men, etc...

I just found the Zeppelin's IV & Houses and the story behind it is hilarious