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An acrylic azimuth block cost about $5 and is a great investment. But anything small and square with very straight edges will work. I also forgot to mention make sure the turntable is level. You simply put the acrylic azimuth block (or whatever you have) midpoint on the record (the record is...

Hi, the needle should never jump from the edge into the groove. If you brought your TT to me for diagnosis, here are the steps I would take. Maybe some of this could be helpful to you. 1) Verify there is NO PLAY or looseness, or friction, stiffness or sticking in any of the tonearm...

There are some cart/styli combos that will play that record and survive. Shure SC35C, Stanton 500AL, Stanton 600A, Stanton 680AL, Stanton 605SK, Ortofon Pro S, likely some others but those are the ones I'm most familiar with. My approach is that anyone who enjoys finding and buying used...

https://www.collegeparkradio.com/timetable/event/rock-and-roll-drive-by/ His show is awesome and record collection is amazing. @psemeraro

If the 1200 Mk2 was a car... it would be a "street appearance package" Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. (Which I owned and drove for 3 years.) Manufactured seemingly forever, 100% about FUNCTION, able to chase down and PIT maneuver most cars (and trucks) on the road, tough as nails (rated...

Wow, congrats! When it arrives I'll let you take a vintage 1200 Mk2 home and you can give a proper HiFi Guy analysis of how the new improves on the classic. Pat

Hifi Squarepants posts lots of great videos and does a nice job of capturing needle-drops. Maybe these will give some insight. Pat

Transducers are fun, they combine science and art, and they are full of flaws. I find them endlessly fascinating.

That's a fair statement.:)

If your deck is stock, there is one "service loop" of tonearm wire at the PC board. The first time I tried soldering tonearm wires it didn't go well... you need a point tip and just the right heat or the wires will evaporate in front of your eyes. If you've worked with tonearm wires before...

A few things I would do if you're interested in good sound quality. Your thrust plate is likely quite worn. KAB has a fix for those KAB Electro Acoustics http://www.kabusa.com The upside down L piece on the tonearm that holds the upper vertical bearing on top and secures the assembly...

Absolutely it should occasionally be worked up and down. As for maintenance, (my view) if it works, its fine. Taking apart the helicoil is far from my idea of fun but to each their own. In use, once you find a spot you like, it gets locked down and that's it. Pat

It it were me... I would try the kroil and pliers with the deck fully assembled first. I also have a big box of 1200 parts and have done this before so please take what I say with care. It's entirely possible here that a working 1200 could end up broken and I don't want to be responsible for...

Hi. The good news is with elliptical styli you have some leeway with vta. Do you have any idea what work was done to the unit? To fix the seized helicoil I would remove the tonearm completely from the deck, then unsolder the wires on the pcb (after taking a photo of course) then remove the...

In pro audio we measure, tune, measure, tune, etc until a system sounds good or is at least wrestled under control. Tools like SMAART Smaart v8 allow "transfer function" measurements which look at the DIFFERENCE between the source signal and the measurement mic. After looking at hundreds of...

Hi friends, this is my first official post, thanks for welcoming me to the forum. I recently purchased a spare 1200Mk2, it is the 11th 1200Mk2 I've owned, 6 of them for my DJ business starting in 1990, two of them at my last business (an AV company) two for my radio station, and now the spare...

The Humble site is a great resource and my own tests generally agree with its assessments. Something I do is a straight wire bypass test. DC coupled preamp, DC coupled power amp and wire the capacitor under test into the interconnect cable between pre and power amp. Its easy and...

Currently spinning on the SP25 the Shure V15VxEJ. It's the SS39EJ stylus plug cut, fit and glued into the V15VxMR complete stylus grip with brush. The SS39EJ stylus is a MASAR polished .4 x .7 tip on the hardened anodized low mass type 2 cantilever that is normally used on the...

Along with listening live, we'll record future shows and it's up to @HiFi Guy if he wants to share them via cloud, etc. Pat