Hi, purchased a Technics 1200 MK2 yesterday, which means I’m finally able to play my vinyls which I bought in preparation for actually getting a table. However I’ve just discovered a rattle in the high frequencies on the left Side channel. Have already checked the speakers for faults by playing a track off youtube through my iPad, and also tried switching the phono cable around between my pre-amp and the speakers, which made the rattle switch to my other speaker.
Basically I’m just wondering whether it’s a fault with the phono cable, the pre-amp (which is new) or the turntable? Would appreciate any ideas or tests any of you would suggest to solve this problem.
Just tried swapping the cables over between the preamp and tt, and yeh the rattle moves so the preamps all good. Just tried playing another vinyl and the noise seems to vanish. Both of the vinyls I noticed the rattle on are virtually brand new, so I’m not sure what it could be to be honest. I’ll try a few more vinyls and see whether I notice it on those.
This is pissing me off now. Just taken it to a repair place near me, the bloke found a cable broken close to the base and fixed it. This still has not solved the problem. Wondering whether it’s the cartridge now, but I am reluctant to replace it since I bought the whole turntable last Tuesday, especially when it was working well when I got it home that day. Any other suggestions?
Have you tried another cartridge and stylus. that is probably what it is. and the first thing I would think is grounding it. it really does not sound like a RCA problem. if it was a RCA problem you can test the RCA cords by twisting and bending them while you are listening to the turntable.
Sorry about the picture quality, can’t get the right picture size because the menu button seems to broken so I’ve used my phone instead… Why is everything broken?
Just tried that. It did feel a little loose and I wouldn’t say the cart looked completely level either. I’ll try it out in a minute. I’ve got a feeling it wasn’t level anyway, as the needle was tilted towards the record a little when I just took the cart off.
Just tried that. Seemed to make a significant change. The rattle was less frequent. Just tried increasing the weight at the end of the tone arm too, that seems to make a little difference too. But then seen as I ran the weight at the amount recommended for the cartridge before, would this not imply the cartridge needs more pressure to work properly and is therefore worn?
