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Dear god ... why is everyone here so afraid of downloading a free strobe disc from Vinyl Engine?  You don't even need a special light for it to work.  Just print, cut, and slap it on your turntable's platter.

That's the one I use. your house lights and a print out of the strobe disc are all you need.

OK if it has adjusters for speed then it's probably those that are dirty, I didn't think it would have them at least not as accessible.

 

If you adjust them and the speed doesn't change then the fault is probabaly elswhere but to set the speed you are going to need a strobe disc which you can download or one of the phone apps. worst case you can set it by ear for now.

 

If 45 is ok I would just do 33 for now but you can turn the adjusters stop to stop a couple of times before you start which might clean them but if not you will need some contact cleaner and if that doesn't work the adjuster (proper name potentiometer) is probably bad.

Don't even waste your money on a belt.  I mean, maybe the turntable does need one, but that's not the reason why it's playing fast.  You've got other issues.

No can't be the belt if it's playing faster than it should

If you can't get hold of Epos or any joy with your supplier ask another epos stockist for the contact details they have for them, if you explain the situation they might be able to help.

you need to go down the warranty route by the sounds of it, try the retailer you bought them from first and also try Epos again

 

If you have your receipt you have the date of sale so can prove if they are still in warranty, or if you can find the transaction in your bank or card statements that will help.

Just read the post properly and googled the TT myself, true enough bearchuck I saw the speed issue and assumed belt.

 

My mistake it doesn't sound like the belt, could be the contacts on the speed switch, could be a capacitor also looks like it's powered from the main unit so yes if it's anything more than just contact cleaner on the speed switch then it's only worth tinkering with for the fun rather than anything else.

 

It won't be the most complicated thing but it will probably be a bugger to get to bits without breaking something.

depends if it set on 45 or at least I thought that was he was describing

Ok belt drive I think so probably a stretched belt, no biggie to fix and shouldn't be expensive.

 

there are many videos on you tube showing you how to change and check a belt for wear and for size.

 

You need to know the size to order a new one, there are loads on ebay but if you just search for one by model it will be more expensive than searching by size for the same thing.

Need a bit more info like what the turntable is and is it a turntable on it's own or part of a single box type thing

Yeah but Pioneer never made any aluminum-faced cd players.  Their CD line started in the era of BPC (black plastic crap). McIntosh is the only brand I know that used wood veneer in their cd players. 

The must be about as we got them over here, I have a black one from that era with wooden sides (PD-7010) and the same were available in silver, I have a brochure from that era somewhere, there was a silver one a few models down from mine just sold one ebay over here a PD-4010 I think but that has no wood, you don't see many but they are about.

Also ask about with older family or friends, everyone over a certain age will have at least seen a record player so should be able to add something to your research and if one of the people you ask has a bit of knowledge they can cut down some of the obvious wrongs.

Not to be outdone, I thought I would share one of my "big setups" I have back home in Austin. I posted an early rather shitty iteration of this a while back, but by the end of the summer this stereo morphed into a completely different monster. This is downstairs in our living room.

Pioneer PL-530 turntable with Shure M97xe cart

Pioneer PD-4101 cd player

Pioneer Sx-980 stereo receiver

Boston Acoustics a150 speakers

After taking these pictures, I ended up putting the cd player up on blocks to give the receiver a little more airflow.

Very nice, I've always been a sucker for vintage Pioneer, both in the house and in the car, what would really finish it off would be a Pioneer CD player of the PD-4101 vintage in silver with the wooden end cheeks but I'm a fussy bugger.

Sorry, but that's some horrible advice.

 

I'm not saying it's necessary to spend a lot, but there are far better ways to spend little. A vintage thrift store table for $20 would be better, as well as much less damaging for records. I'm sure that every single person who decides to explore this hobby has at least some way to listen to music, be it an old stereo or computer speakers. Hooking that vintage table to a $20 phono preamp and into whatever speakers that person is currently using for listening will be cheaper and better than a crosley.

 

As far as not spending more before knowing this hobby is for you, I'll just copy what I've written numerous times:

 

+1

 

How much you spend is not the issue it's how wisely you spend it.

 

A Crosley or similar is no advert for the vinyl experience, convenient they may be but as with a lot of things in audio what you gain in convenience you most definitely loose in quality.

 

As Slinch says a $20 turntable from a thrift store would be much more preferable, it doesn't take a lot of on line research to find out what is a good buy and what isn't, with mobile internet nowadays you can research a bit of hifi standing in front of it in a thrift store.

Heavy and shiny are always a good sign, heavy on it's own is good but not shiny on it's own and it only wants to be able to play records, no CD, no tape, no radio, no 4 track and no built in amplifier.

There are a few threads dedicated to this so have a read do some research online regarding what stuff actually sells for and get digging in your local thrift stores there’s loads of good kit out there. All the above suggestions are good but if it's tyring to find any decent 1200 for a low price that hasn’t been worn out is difficult.

 

Took some pics for fun!  

 

-Stillpoints ESS rack

-Ray Samuels B52 preamp.

-Ray Samuels F-117 Nighthawk Phono preamp peeking out below the B52 Preamp section

-Below is an EAR 868 Preamp.

-Below that are the Exactpower EP 15a and SP15x4 power regenerators.

-Speakers are the Marten Design Bird 2

 

I have an XLR switch box that lets me switch between the two preamps to change the different sound presentations of the preamps.  

 

 

Very nice, I've always liked the EAR equipment and have never heard anything bad from them, how does the Ray Samuels kit compare?

 

I've not let my wife see these pictures she will start hiding my wallet again.

Also, when you folk take pics, are you ACTUALLY listening to the record, or just have it placed on the turntable taking a photo of it?

 

I only use my iPhone to take pics, but I can never get good shots of splatters/streaks/haze/marble unless I pretend to be playing it. But fuck that shit

Yes I'm listening to mine, never stick vinyl on a turntable you ain't gonna listen to like hunting never shoot anything you ain't gonna eat.

 

 I'm using a Fuji bridge camera but have to use the flash as the light is s low which does tend to make the record look like it's standing still

My first order arrived today, I'm in the Uk so that's pretty good going.

 

By Numbers (QSV200) by The Who (Vinyl LP)
Item Number: CMD Q24901291 $16.97 1  $16.97 Live In Philly '06 (Marbled Color Vinyl) by The Queers (Vinyl LP)
Item Number: UWR 0271 $7.57 1  $7.57 Lullabies To Paralyze (2-LPs - 180GV) by Queens Of The Stone Age (Vinyl LP)
Item Number: MOV 2501 $26.99 1  $26.99 Made In Stoke 24/7/11 (3-LPs) by Slash (Vinyl LP)
Item Number: ARM 2509111 $20.00 1  $20.00 Raw Romance by Nobunny (Vinyl LP)
Item Number: BRGR 0121 $6.57 1  $6.57 Who Are You (200GV) by The Who (Vinyl LP)
Item Number: CMD Q24901471 $18.40 1  $18.40

 

Got all 6 in this order and have got all 16 of my 2nd order which has also shipped as Mark has told me already. My third speculative late order for 17 has shipped and my 4th for 9 is still processing. I have no idea how many from the 3rd and 4th orders I will get and am really looking forward to the surprise.

 

This has been a great sale with service way beyond the call of duty, and from an overseas buyer the postage costs are very good so Oldies.com have definitely got a new customer in me.

 

 

Have been listening to some more mellow sounds the last couple of days (above) but the weekends here so time to shake the windows me thinks

My OCD wouldn't allow me to use them over those.

Shouldn't that be CDO? Mine requires me to put it in the right order

And since everyone is focused on their previous orders, I decided to gamble again with another small order, 54 bucks shipped. Pretty stoked about this one.

 

 

I did the same with two orders, one for 17 LP's at $177 and another for 9 LP's at $109 (I'm in the UK so at least $80 across the two is shipping) these included loads of stuff I've never heard of and depending on what arrives I will either be pleasantly surprised or have a load of stuff that no one else wanted.

 

I always think it's worth the gamble.

 

I have a pretty varied taste and I've done this on quite a few vinyl sales over the years and have discovered a lot of music I would never have got to hear.

Everything is fixable but I expect the whole socket would need to be replaced and unless you are doing it yourself the cost of stripping the thing down to replace a $1 socket would be a lot more than $1

Must be the socket then, it does happen as the contacts can get weak

It's probably a bad connection in the headphones or the headphone socket, can you plug them in to something else and see if the problem is the same or wiggle the wires about at the phones or plug and see if it drops in and out

Yeah, really.  This is the biggest gripe I can consider, with the whole "surprise! -- this is actually unlimited approach that they took.  Not the plummeting flipability, nor the decreasing spike on rarity... but the fact that a ton of sales were stolen from local record shops.  Pretty dumb.

 

A big +1.

 

Over here record shops have been an ever decreasing entity so I always use my local independent when I can, the booming sales in vinyl have helped the independents a lot but it wasn't that long ago the the biggest one in central London was looking a little shaky.

 

As far as the flipability goes, I can understand why anyone who paid over the odds or got in early is miffed but that's supply and demand and if I pay over the odds for something then that's my problem I still have it, or if I get something that is not as limited as it's supposed to be at least I have it. I missed this one completely so am happy I should be able to pick one up.

 

It doesn't happen often but I bet we all get suckered in this way every now and then when the desire verses rarity equation wades in.

 

Back in the day a limited record was limited to how many the label could shift so the very low numbers of a lot of pressings now are very limited indeed considering the size of the record buying market worldwide.