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Hi there guys. This is going to be embarasing but well.. I don't know where to go. I just got myslelf Technics SL-1210 mk2 tuntable. I plugged it in, connected it to my hi fi... the sound was beautiful, apart from the buzzing sound. Obviously I didn't know what was causing it, I figured it must have been the wires. Soooo I decided to turn the deck around and ... screw it open, just to see whether the cinch cables are ok. I didn't mess about inside, just wantes to have a look, see whether they are ok. Didnt find anything unusual so put it back together and played it again... Now apart from buzzing sound I have a really distorted, discusting sound from my vinyls... I found out that buzzing sound was caused by the fact that my hifi couldn't cope with the strenght of the turntable and when I connected it through Numark mixer, the buzzing sound disappeared... Now my "only" concern is that distorted, awful sound when playing records. Has anyone got any idea what can be causing this?
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Since this is a direct-drive turntable, it isn't a slipping or stretched belt.
You will need a technician with a couple pieces of equipment and some experience/training to find the source of the problem.
I suspect the part(s) will be the minor cost of the repair.
Double check all your cables. The only 2 things that affect sound on the 1200s is the RCA cables and the tonearm. I would first replace the RCA cables to a better quality set.
Doubt it, ive heard of this problem before, usually people buying them second hand and the answer has always been get them repaired professionally, i dont know the reason for them doing it sorry.
did you ever open the turntable. It sounds like the on/off switch is bad. Remove the platter and screws with a phillips screw driver and just make sure the connections are in place. make sure you disconnect the power first. let me know what happens afterwards.
Your switch probably went bad. Does it not respond at all? Does the button at least 'bounce' back when you press it? If not, then you might have messed something up when putting it back together.
If you have done some soldiering and have a steady hand, it's not difficult. If you are not sure, you could destroy that little circuit board that the lead runs to, and technics had discontinued production of that part. I'd say get it done by a pro with experience.
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