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I have a second hand pair of technics 1210 mk2 inherited of my brother and the output is very poor on both. It seem to make a sort of wet distortion on the mid range sound. I have tried bypassing the mixer direct in to the amp and it is still there. I seem to have tried everything!! the needles are cheep kam kc1's but are new off ebay so i cant see the problem there.
It seems very strange it is happening on both of them.
Any ideas?
thanks.
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.
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Tried another needle and cleaned the contacts of the tonearm and this needle and recordddd?
measured the connections from your rca cables to the tone arm output? How old is the unit and have you ever replaced the tonearmwire(in the arm itself, the standard one sucks) and the external rca cable. Then it's about time if you havent. The standard cables are outdated and it will cost you together about 100euro, wires are about 70 euro for in your arm and buy some nice rca cables for 30 euro, not from technics which lay on the shelves for over ten years. It really souns better. I have a person which makes real nice cables for just 40 euro a pair, shielded , good rca plugs(i have phono outputs on all tables, no pcb, but those are wbt and are 100 euro a pair. The cables from that men really sounded good, while the denon distributeur sold me some different oyaide cables and i noticed nothing. The 1200 mk2 series are now really at an age that you need to refurbish the caps and resistors and wires and the spindlebearing and housing.... And don't let it be done by a so called service centre, do it yourself, 40 euro job for capacitors and 30 for the spindle and he is as new.
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Possible fault or weakness of the printing heads, possible poor ink cartridges or poor settings.
Open printer properties and set the contrast and brightness levels to desired conditions and make a est. Readjust and try once again .If there is no result try to reinstall the drivers and test. If not the head and ink can be suspects.
If the cartridge is good and your wiring is good. Then it's either got to be a fault on your amp, or there is a pre-amp in the deck itself faulty. Double check that the amp is working, amps have a pre-amp for record decks, they cause trouble a lot.
If you touch the wires that connect to the cartridge, you should get a buzz on either channel (remove them from the cartridge first). If you don't get a decent buzz, and you know that the amp is working fine, then there's something inside the deck causing the problem. In which case take the bottom off and take a look inside.
Are u sure it's not the needle? What brand needles are you using and I usually recommend people have small fans by turntables to have airflow so dust doesnt become a problem, expecially for DJ's
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.
It maybe that you downloaded poor quality mp3's, which is why they sound poor. Also, check the headphones - try using a different pair and check the difference. Although, it is MOST likely to be that the mp3's downloaded are of LOW QUALITY. The usb cable does not influence the quality of the sound at all. HOPE THIS HELPS!! :)
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.
Probably caused by the toner cart. Only use genuine new Brother brand supplies. Remans fail quite often with Brother machines. Possibly bad gears on fuser drive. But with the poor print quality, I suspect it is the toner.
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