Getting Technics. What to know?

[cyberninjitsu]

Speaking from experience:

1. Make sure there is sound coming out of both channels of the turntable. Use needles and an actual vinyl to test or use a voltmeter on the tonearm prongs & RCA's.
2. Make sure the antiskate is properly calibrated (Check youtube), and make sure there's no rattle in the tonearm.
3. Check the bearings on the tonearm to see if they've been altered or messed with.
4. Check the pitch by watching the dots and making sure there's no stutters in the dots.
5. Almost in line with one: make sure the prongs on the inside of the tonearm are nice and clean and free from oxidation.
6. Make sure the tonearm isn't bent.

Those are all the huge ones. Don't want to make the swap only to find out you need to drop another $200 on a tonearm assembly.

[Deejaesnafu]

# 5 isnt an issue as oxidized contacts can easily be fixed. just use an eraser or steel wool.

[cyberninjitsu]

# 5 isnt an issue as oxidized contacts can easily be fixed. just use an eraser.

Speaking from experience I once purchased a table with the pins so badly blackened and destroyed that I had to replace the tonearm. No amount of contact cleaner, rubbing alcohol, polisher, or erasers could get rid of the black that covered the prongs. All it takes is a second to look in and see what you're working with.

[Schalenberg]

Speaking from experience:

1. Make sure there is sound coming out of both channels of the turntable. Use needles and an actual vinyl to test or use a voltmeter on the tonearm prongs & RCA's.
2. Make sure the antiskate is properly calibrated (Check youtube), and make sure there's no rattle in the tonearm.
3. Check the bearings on the tonearm to see if they've been altered or messed with.
4. Check the pitch by watching the dots and making sure there's no stutters in the dots.
5. Almost in line with one: make sure the prongs on the inside of the tonearm are nice and clean and free from oxidation.
6. Make sure the tonearm isn't bent.

Those are all the huge ones. Don't want to make the swap only to find out you need to drop another $200 on a tonearm assembly.

Boom! This is what I was looking for.