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I now that shop although I haven't been in for a while.

Some people equate new with good and second hand with bad though, the quality of the items tends to get forgotten sadly

They are one of the few to use DHL who seem to be much cheaper to the UK than USPS, I'm guessing their packaging takes it over 1lb because if it were under 1lb they would only charge me $6.99 which is superb and why I said it was expensive. There is an ebay seller that because they use DHL and the Dollar Pound rate can sell LP's to the UK with free postage cheaper than I can buy them here. I wish more US sellers used DHL it would help out my wallet no end,

Definitely deserves a Yorkshire war cry "OW BLOODY MUCH", there I feel better now

True enough, but it makes me a happy moron so I will keep paying till the men in white coats come and get me. They can't take my record collection now though its too heavy

Just ordered one, $11.99 shipping to the UK, expensive but better than some.

You don't need to know much to man a phone.

Ask them to tell you what the fault was if possible, I doubt they will but it might be useful to others if you can find out.

Tascam as well which is pro Teac and don't Sony still produce them?

Nice work, much nicer in the darker stain Make sure you play the newest LP you can find on it when you have guests just to confuse them

Nice My dad has a Tube Zenith that is like new. That will definitely do a better job than your old one, and nice job on the polishing, I have quite a few here you can do if you fancy it. Looks pretty but there is a downside, you have to keep doing it now and don't touch it with your fingers you can watch the prints 33 revs a minute when you play an LP

A simple rule with a pair of speakers is that they are just that a pair. and simply speakers for AV (audio visual) can come in sets of 3 or 5 or 7 or sometimes more. where there will be a centre the larger of the ones you have, then front left/front right, rear left/rear right, centre left/centre right and probably a sub woofer to make the windows shake and your fillings fall out. for records which means ideally hifi you need an amplifier that connects to one pair of speakers (possibly 2 pairs if has a switch that says A, B, both) for AV which is for making the bangs on the telly shake the windows and the axe murderer walk up behind you in the scary film you want an AV amp that connects to as many speakers as possible. the stuff you are looking for at the thrift store will have been made in the 70's or 80's, possibly 90's and in the case of the amps or receivers will either be silver probably with some wood on the sides or black, it won't have a cd drive, a dvd drive, a tape deck or an 8 track built in but it will have an input that says phono. you can run a turntable into an AV system with a phono amp but it is not what it was intended for and won't do a very good job of it. AV is for shaking windows and scary noises and hifi is for nice musical sounds and neither should be used fro the others purpose

I've never heard of a belt that needed to be worn in so it's either a badly made belt, bad motor or even a slipping pulley, I think I would worry more about the motor or pulley than the belt but either way you need to get a strobe disc or take up shaizada'a offer as he has one.

This one. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acrylic-Turntable-Mat-Cartridge-Alignment-Protractor-Strobe-Disc-Stroboscope-/390561219662?pt=US_Record_Player_Turntable_Parts&hash=item5aef43444e I have since seen it cheaper over here in the UK so you might be able to get it cheaper there as well

Ok then if you are sure get a strobe disc, it sounds like the app is not giving you an accurate answer. You can obviously hear a 1.2% error but if a turntable is consistently 1.2% down it is much harder than if it is fluctuating, as I say Project quote +/- 0.8% which means a total allowable variance of 1.6% which they are effectively saying you wont hear and is considered pretty good for a turntable at that price point. Also if the belt is only 6 months old then it's more likely an actual fault like a failing motor than wear or stretching. For a belt to wear to the point of slipping in that time you have have to live somewhere arid like death valley. One check is, is it worse with heavyweight records? Slip when present will always be worse on start up. You also have to consider what you are referencing to and is it accurate speed wise, the only way to know for sure is with a strobe disc. I have an acrylic platter mat that has a strobe on one side and a cartridge alignment protractor on the other, that came from ebay and I know they are available on ebay US. If I can find the link i will post it for you. If I'm wrong which isn't out of the bounds of possibility without seeing or hearing it and it is the belt then when you replace it always start the platter with a spin by hand before you start the motor, I had this in the instructions for one of my turntables that has a very heavy (50 or 60lbs) brass platter, because of the stress of starting that mass the helping spin has meant the belt has lasted years and I now do it to all belt drive turntables.

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A stretched belt won't give you a consistent speed difference, that needs motor control of some sort, be it just voltage drop or adjustment in the speed control but belt slip will never be consistent. If the software is correct then that difference is not really enough to worry about, worst case is -0.4rpm which is an error of 1.2%, I expect it's either your ears playing tricks on you or a even a bad pressing or if it is fluctuating as the software is showing that is possibly what you are hearing. Project quote +/- 0.8% speed error so the speed range the software has given you would just about be within limits and I expect there is a fair amount of error in just moving the phone when you are checking it. To get an accurate check download a strobe disc, print it out and then run the turntable with the lights in the room on, you will soon see if the speed is out and if it is fluctuating. there are plenty of you tube videos showing you how to use a strobe disc and places to download them for free.

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Big loud laugh, very deep breath, another very loud laugh, frightened the crap out of the cat. wildflange not wishing to belittle you but there are two things I would suggest you do, drive a proper fast car that is made in Europe and go and listen to some music you know well on a proper hifi. Enjoy the experiences for what they are and forget about the costs and if the car is Italian the noise should have the same effect on your ears as the hifi. Slinch is spot on, In general the Rega line will win because of the tone arm which is and has been the industry standard for years. On an unsprung turntable there is much less you need to get right but the Rega engineers have a very musical ear which shows in pretty much everything they make. I have nothing against the Project range and have owned a few but given the choice of the two I would go Rega every time.

Done it thanks

You should get a ground through it if you use one of the ones on the edge (the bottom picture) as they should screw into the metal case which will connect to the chassis with the side screws, if the screw you use doesn't give you a path to the chassis nothing will change

Most stylus are pretty easy to install but getting a better turntable is always a good use of your money if you want to get the best out of your records.

Without seeing it this is very difficult to put a decent answer together but an up and down wobble raises a few more questions, It depends on a couple of things like how much it wobbles? And does the centre spindle wobble as well? It could be a quite few things like light wear in the bearing or platter centre hole, a lightly warped platter, misaligned motor or even a lightly warped top plate. If it's well used and was used professionally then chances are there is going to be some wear somewhere especially in the motor bearing, these have pretty much battleship build quality but can get a fair amount of use and professional use can take its toll. It also depends whether you can live with it and whether you paid top dollar for it but if it is a very small wobble and doesn't cause you other problems like making the cartridge move around which could lead to tracking problems or there are audible results from it and it doesn't get worse I wouldn't worry but I would certainly mention it to the shop you bought it from and see what they have to say about it.

There we are the end of civilisation as we know it!!

IMO you can do a better than Cerwin Vega for the money