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Vinyl Records
ankhtahr:
I'm a big fan of vinyl. My trusty Dual CS505-4 still works flawlessly.
To me the big difference is that a CD is just a digital storage medium. If I buy a digital copy of the music, I don't need it to come on a storage medium. With a LP on the other hand, I could hear the music with a simple needle and a piece of cardboard. It would damage the record and wouldn't sound good, but it would work. The music really is physical.
SubaruStephen:
--- Quote from: Aziraphale on 05 Mar 2015, 19:09 ---Is it direct-drive or belt-drive? The direct-drive turntables usually have a pitch control that can be used to tweak the RPM's.
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It's a belt drive.
Aiwa PX-E860.
Aziraphale:
Did some Googling. See if there's a 50/60hz switch on it. If it has one, try changing it and see if that helps. If not, I also found this:
--- Quote ---I believe this is a belt driven turntable. With the power off, carefully remove the rubber mat. Turn the platter by had until you see the motor pulley through the open holes. If you carefully look at the belt, and it has slipped upwards to the top of the pulley, and not within the guides, that will cause it to spin very fast. Move the belt down between the guides on the pulley. Rotate the platter by hand, to be sure that the belt stays withing the guides.
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SubaruStephen:
The only switches on it are "33-45" for the speed and "30-17" for the disc size, "Start", "Cut", and one to raise/lower the arm.
I moved the belt, but "Hello, I Love You" still sounds like it's being sung by Herman's Hermits, not Jim Morrison.
On the underside of the turntable there are 3 holes labeled "RET", "L.IN", and "SW" and I can see adjustable potentiometers.
Aziraphale:
SW looks like it might be a speed adjustment screw. RET is for the tone arm return and L.IN is for the lead-in groove (so I'm guessing it calibrates where the needle hits the record).
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