@harold-not-the-barrel i have had similar issue from the start with DS-3, even my cheapest digitale scale was better that this Ortofon. I think all ortofons sucking enegry from the batteries too quick. However, my new DS-1 works fine for one year and i think it's better than DS-3.
P.S. the problem with cheap digital scales and with mechanical scales is that all of them have different thickness, normally thicker than vinyl record, so they are incorrect, because the stylus is not leveled right.
