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Kermit McDermott
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I got a cork mat yesterday. Must do an A/B with the felt mat.
There is supposed to be less record slippage.
There is supposed to be less record slippage.
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I got a cork mat yesterday. Must do an A/B with the felt mat.
There is supposed to be less record slippage.
if i bought an RP 1 could i use it with what i have ? (great !) or do i have to buy a whole new set of separates if i want a better turntable? (pain in the head).
It has the standard red/black auxiliary cables. I had a CD player plugged into those ports in my hi-fi so I just swapped them out and swapped the cable from the RP1 in. It works but the sound was very low. I have to turn it way up - and its grand when I do - but you get that hum from the speakers between songs due to having the volume so loud.
So its likely it will work but also likely the sound won't be great.
I should add that the crappy hi-fi I have was bought back in 1991.
That hum between songs sounds like a grounding issue. Most TT's have a geound wire running out the back to connect to your amp.
just did a bit of reading up - the RP1 doesn't. The grounding is done via a wire in the TT's arm. A quick google search doesn't look too promising. Seems its a common problem with this product, unfortunately.
Putting it through the preamplifier rather than directly into your stereo might boost the signal-to-noise ratio, lowering the hum far into the background. My setup picks up the radio but you only hear it when you turn the volume up to almost full (and music is unbearably loud at about half) and have no record playing.just did a bit of reading up - the RP1 doesn't. The grounding is done via a wire in the TT's arm. A quick google search doesn't look too promising. Seems its a common problem with this product, unfortunately.
But in my case I won't panic, not til after I get the rest of the bits and pieces I need.
just did a bit of reading up - the RP1 doesn't. The grounding is done via a wire in the TT's arm. A quick google search doesn't look too promising. Seems its a common problem with this product, unfortunately.
this is great, thanks a lot. I'll try it out and will let you know how it goes. Cheers.Sorry didn't realise I didn't finish replying to this (pesky phone)...
Another thing to check, once you get round to it, is if the stereo/amp itself needs to be properly grounded. It might not actually be the TT's problem. I had to run a wire to my amp, and then another one from the amp into a plug (wired into the 'earth' part) before I eliminated the hum totally (on a Pro-ject Debut Carbon through a Sony integrated amp).
this is great, thanks a lot. I'll try it out and will let you know how it goes. Cheers.
I kept 7 singles.Wait til GO remembers that he sold them
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