Technics SL-1200 Turntable "amp buzz" Questions

...buzz with the amp switched on. If you can't get them to buzz, then the magnetic cartridge pre-amp in your amp has failed. If they do buzz. Take the wires to the cartridge off (make a note of where ...

...buzz. Then (1) there's a bad connection between the deck and amp (phono plug or wire). (2) failed pre-amp inside the record deck itself. (3) failed pre-amp in the main amp. (this would not affect any ...

...either the connections linking your amp are faulty or the magnetic cartridge pre-amp inside the amp has failed. If you do hear the buzz then the cartridge is faulty or the connections to it are

...finger. Two of the wires should buzz (1 left, 1 right) if the left doesn't buzz either the connections are faulty or the pre-amp in your amp is. If you get a buzz on the left, replace the

of the wires and nothing on the other two (or very tiny buzz). If you do hear a decent buzz then the cartridge is faulty. If you don't or they are very weak, then the pre-amp inside your amp is faulty

no buzz and the amp is working OK then there's a fault in the wires to the turntable or inside the deck. If that is good, then you might need to make certain that connections to the cartridge are good

amp functions. If you get a very weak buzz on the two channels, you have no magnetic cartridge pre-amp on your amp. In which case you need to connect the decks to a dedicated "phono" socket, which has

should buzz, one on the right and the other on the left. If that buzz is weak then there's something wrong with the cartridge pre-amp in your amp. If you get a decent buzz, then the cartridge has gone

buzz, the amp inside the unit is faulty. If the amp has other functions that do work (such as radio) then it is the pre-amp for the cartridge that has gone. As this will not affect the other functions

...then the cartridge is faulty. If the buzz is weak on the left, then that suggest a faulty pre-amp stage in the amp. This pre-amp only affects the record deck, so you won't get it on other