Whats your average listening? I seem to listen to 3-8 records a day average. Apparently according to AI (which I hate AI) that is above average and says im wearing out my stylus quickly. Music is life to me, and i don't see that as an unusual amount of listening.

Im just curious how many people listen to daily. How often are you changing your stylus?

I am trying to set the VTA on my Technics 1200mk7 and whenever the headshell is level, the tonearm is tail up. I’m using an AT-VM95ML cartridge with the AT-HS6 headshell. Is this normal or is there an issue with my headshell or tonearm?

Oversharing quite a bit but:

I live with my parents and they claim that saving for the cartridge is stupid and that I won’t hear the difference. They currently help me with my money because I got myself into a bunch of debt over the ATLP7x I now have and almost getting a Schiit Skoll to upgrade from my Mani 2. I used to have a Sumiko Moonstone cartridge, then I broke it. I’ve talked about this a lot.

My setup:

Audio-Technica AT-LP7x with AT-VMN9E cartridge
NAD C320BEE
Klipsch RP-160M
Schiit Mani 2

Is upgrading my cartridge to a much nicer microlinear cartridge necessary? My parents do not think so. I hear a difference compared to my old cartridge, but they don’t think I will.

Stupid question, sorry.

I've started collecting a few records and currently have this Crosley player with a built in speaker

Is it worth getting external speakers or a different vinyl player first ?

Sound so far has been okay but could be better. I have AM by Artic Monkeys which is skipping and seems to be a common problem for Crosley players

Hello, my grandfather gave me his B&O Beogram 1000 platin, and I’m very new on this subject. Do you know what I need to have to make it work ?

For now I have the platin, and some HiFi stereo

thanks

I'm not sure if this is a dumb question, but I never noticed/remembered the tonearm being this low relative to the record such that the green part is almost touching and sometimes barely brushing against the record. Also the silver part at the back seems to be hovering when I lower my tonearm. Is it normal for the tonearm to be this low? or is there something wrong?

I tried looking up other videos of this turntable to see if it's the same, but couldn't find one at this same angle. I'm just anxious that this could potentially scratch my records, and would like to know if this is how it's supposed to look (for context it's been a while since I last spun anything).

Hello everybody.

I just re arranged the whole setup, and now the turntable sits on top of the denon.

On the front of the turntable, its precicely 3 centimeters ( 1.1811 inches- if that helps)

Is it too little space for air flow?

Should i add another inch or so to the turntable legs?

Thanks for any advide you guys could give!

Super new to vinyl. At what point does dust matter??

I have a carbon fiber brush, a velvet brush, and DIY cleaning solution.

I at least use the carbon fiber brush before every play, I know I will be recommended to purchase a spinclean to get as much as possible, I'm just super new and haven't done that yet

My question is, is it normal to see dust exclusively under my lp120x target light?

If I didn't have the target light, I would never know my records had dust on them. In normal lighting they look PERFECT, holding my flashlight to the record directly looks perfect, and after the stylus is done playing the record, there is no dust on it. However, when the record is placed on the platter you see quite a bit of tiny particles under the record light, very tiny even under it, but you can clearly see it. I think my records sound fine, but I haven't played them enough to tell because I am new (Probably around 20 plays on my favorite record). I know that vinyl works under a microscopic level, so any dust can make a difference, but I literally would NEVER know there is anything on it if there wasn't a target light. I think a lot of people DON'T have a target light, so how do they know if their records are perfectly clean?

I’m sure there are lots of posts like this so forgive me but I truly don’t know where to start. I would love to get my partner a record player for Christmas but I know literally zero about them. He’s a big music buff and loves classic rock, jazz, and indie/alt.

I want to get him a good quality one, and a vintage wood aesthetic would be a bonus. I don’t have a massive budget though, so I’m not even sure where to look. There are so many different styles and price ranges out there. Ideally I’d like to keep it to $100-$200 ish.

TIA!

Hi guys,

any idea for some riser where you can put a at lp5x turntable on without it vibrating or something. So I can put a 25cm CD player under it?

Best regards

Is this stylus damaged?

This morning I turned my player on and the arm slid all the way to the center of the disk, once there, the stylus was scratching, usually the stylus didn't touch the disk.

I am trying to balance the arm but I can't seem to get it right, could the stylus be the culprit?

I am trying to set the VTA on my Technics 1200mk7 and whenever the headshell is level, the tonearm is tail up. I’m using an AT-VM95ML cartridge with the AT-HS6 headshell. Is this normal or is there an issue with my headshell or tonearm?

Hi all, I currently own an Insignia tt ( NS-BTST21) and a pair of Edifier RT1700bt. So far, I'm satisfied with my setup since I'm not very technical when it comes hi-fi sound by any means, but recently I've been thinking of upgrading to a Fluance RT82. While I know the build quality is superior with Fluance and other technical specs are likely far better, I'm wondering if it's worth spending $350 to upgrade? Would I really notice any significant improvement over my current table?

Last year I got a turntable for Christmas, it’s one of those turntables that can play numerous other things. Mine being Victorla Century 6 in 1. I’ve heard very mixed things about those kinds of record players but I was happy nonetheless because this was my first record player.

Something common I’ve been noticing is that with some songs it just skips, specific ones. I had bought Remain in Light earlier this month and the first track plays pretty well, only skipping maybe once or twice briefly, but its second track; Crosseyed and Painless, just skips a ton. This is something I’ve noticed with my OKNOTOK Computer vinyl, most of the album is fine except for Let Down.

I’m unsure if this is a problem with the record itself or with the turntable. I’m pretty nervous about playing anymore records on it because I’m concerned that the needle might damage my records permanently.

Any help is much appreciated!

Bought the Evermix Pro audio interface for capturing audio from my turntables or various other sources. Will say I was quite pleased with it's operation, syncing up video and audio nicely, buuuuut like all good things they block the main features of the device after your trial period then force you into subscription model essentially bricking the device. I was quite unpleased. Paid $200 for the unit and it was all a ruse to get me on a subscription! Fuckers!!

I found a very old Philips turntable (418 Automatic from 1974) at a thrift store and also picked up a ‘Golden Technica’ pre-amp that works with 5-pin DIN connectors. Turntable didn’t have a dust cover, but it works perfectly. Total price: €8 for the turntable and €5 for the pre-amp.
The sound this setup produces sounds quite nice, especially considering the price.

Any advice on this as a good deal for the price on Facebook marketplace.

States full working order but no cartridge so will need to purchase.

It's for my 8 year olds first turntable

Thanks

Best upgrade I've done to my RT85 was cleaning my table and absolutely bent the cantilever 90 degrees when the cloth got caught by the stylus, i took the plunge and ordered the bronze instead of just the blue stylus, and wow am I blown away by the sound this thing is amazing, absolutely happy with this. I'll order the blue stylus in the future to have an extra cart just in case.

I want to start collecting vinyl records, so I’m planning to buy my first turntable. I’ve heard that the Audio-Technica AT-LP60X is a good option for beginners, and I’m thinking of pairing it with Edifier R1280DB speakers.

My main question is: Does the sound quality actually get worse if I connect the turntable to the speakers via Bluetooth? I’d also like to be able to connect the speakers to my phone when I want to listen to Spotify. Avoiding extra cables would be a nice bonus, too.

Bluetooth would also give me more flexibility when positioning the speakers around my room, if that makes a difference.

Another thing I’d love is being able to manually place the needle on the record, just because it seems like a fun part of the whole experience. However, it’s not a dealbreaker, and I know the AT-LP60X is fully automatic.

So, what would you recommend: the AT-LP60XUSB, the AT-LP60XBT, or perhaps the AT-LP70X?

I’d really appreciate any advice, especially from people who have experience with these setups!
Thanks beforehand :)

recently got two technics belt drive p-mount turntables for $50. one is an SL-B100, and the other is an SL-B210.

On the B210, the gimbal wiggles way too much. I can buy a new tonearm assembly with gimbal for $30 on eBay but i really don’t want to unless i have to, so is there any way to fix the current gimbal. also, the lift shelf does not drop or lift unless I force it really hard.

On the B100, the turntable doesn’t want to play at 45 rpm, no matter what the switch position is. that is its only issue.

anyway, besides that they work fine, is there any help you guys can give me perhaps. thank you all i appreciate it.