Yes, experience, though I did not own the SL-10, it was a friends, and yes, it did recut several records. He asked me to come over and have a look at it. My impression was that the carrige did not have tight enough tolerances to keep the arm tangent and that there was also the potential for high horizontal friction. Those are just impressions though and I have no scientific data to substantiate them. I can tell you that the table was causing excessive wear in the records that it played. Again, it may have been defective. Generally, highly complex machinery that isn't too expensive can be trouble. One sample may work, and another may not. I suggest basic, direct drive tables with pivoting arms with universal headshells because they have but two moving parts, the platter and the arm. They tend to be quite immune from common problems of ageing. I can make no comments on sound quality as I did not have the opportunity to use the table in a known system.
Technics SL-10 Linear Tracking
I'm trying to break into the vinyl side of music and I would really appreciate any advice I could get on a hand-me-down from my Dad.
He hasn't used the turntable for at least 15 years, so operationally I have no idea what condition it's in.
The catch is that he misplaced the AC power cord so at the moment i cannot plug it in.
The AC power jack is a lot smaller than the standard size for audio components. The interesting thing is that there are two power supply imputs: the AC power jack and a DC power jack (12 V).
Should I just walk over to Radio Shack and pick up a 12 V universal power cord?
Finally, there is also a MM/MC button on the back, does that mean I won't need to buy a phono stage?
Thanks!
derek
He hasn't used the turntable for at least 15 years, so operationally I have no idea what condition it's in.
The catch is that he misplaced the AC power cord so at the moment i cannot plug it in.
The AC power jack is a lot smaller than the standard size for audio components. The interesting thing is that there are two power supply imputs: the AC power jack and a DC power jack (12 V).
Should I just walk over to Radio Shack and pick up a 12 V universal power cord?
Finally, there is also a MM/MC button on the back, does that mean I won't need to buy a phono stage?
Thanks!
derek
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