Those with Technics turntables.
Do you leave them on or turn off when not in use?
Thanks
Short answer … off.
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Off
Off.
If I left it on I would miss the joy of slowly turning the very high quality soft touch switch to the on position. It is lovely.
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My 1210 is powered by an MCRU / LDA PSU and so I just leave it on as it bypasses the 1210’s own on / off button and so unless I get down on my hands and knees and switch PSU of at the back it stays on.
My SP 15 with EPA 501E tonearm gets turned off after each use.
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A turntable need a cartridge. The cables at the side of the turntable are for the Ortofon MCA76 MC stepup transformer.
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Very nice👍🏽
I see you have a weight on your turntable.
Can a clamp rather than a weight be used on the SL1200G?
I have heard that the pull on the spindle doesn’t do the bearing any good with clamp. I would only use the clamp for really warped vinyl (Haven’t many & they’re not too bad just slight) if it could be used.
Very nice, please tell us more as your TT looks heavily adapted
Best wishes
Nice
SP 15 TT sitting on 2"acrylic base with 5 cork feet (base).
I use the clamp on the top of the records because it has a small level bubble on the center so I can tell how warped the record may be. I store all my vinyls flat (never on their side !!) to avoid warps.
The tonearm is a EPA 501E, very low weight, nearly perfectly matched to the cartridge spring compliance. The Ortofon MCA 76 and MC-20 Super to a McIntosh MX 130 preamp, then to a MC 2500. Esoteric CD player, ADC parametric equalizer. Home made speakers, cables, etc…!
thumbnail1|400x300 On top of it all my NAIM Infinitiserve with its dedicated screen, keyboard and mouse, they feed through a Parasound D-AC 1000 converter to the MX 130.
You´d rather decide for a (light) clamp than a weight because an additional weight has a negative influence on the control loop of the motor units PSU.
SP-15, SP-10 MK II and in former times SL-1210 as well as SL-110 on my side - always off after use
Thank you all
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