Turntable Problem (1 Viewer)

[hugh]

I know this isn't 1's and 0's but it is geeky so ...

I have a Project II turntable that worked perfectly up until yesterday. I put on an old Sonic Youth record that was scratched to bits, needle started jumping, then slid all the way across the record. Now it does this to every bloody record I try. I look up the gurus of the internet and start reading stuff about adjusting tone-arms and anti-skating weights and so on and my head is now wrecked.

What to do?

 

[Jerry Twig]

That shouldn't have affected the weighting of your tone-arm. Sounds more like a needle issue. Maybe first try putting a little mirror under it and see that the needle is still fully there.

 

[dudley]

aye, sounds like a broken needle

 

[hugh]

Yeah, I suppose that's possible. It's been a couple of years since I changed the needle anyway.

 

[dudley]

Anyone got a tip on good local turntable servicing/repair?

Used the HiFi hospital before for an amp repair, and they were great, but price. They're also not doing their collection service because of covid, so looking for any other options.

 

[magicbastarder]

i used cloney audio to fix an amp; €90 was the charge (a couple of blown capacitors i think). they're never going to be particularly cheap though.

 

[dudley]

Ah, I think that's where the turntable came from, waaaay back when. Good tip, thanks!

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I bought a turntable in cloney years ago and about 13 or 14 years later I brought it out there to get it fixed expecting to pay but they did it for free because i mentioned that I bought it there in the first place. It was a fairly simple problem, yer man soldered it in a few minutes

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Cloney fixed my turntable last year for essentially free as I bought a new belt and stylus. Was only just above €100 overall I think?