Technics turntable cartridge question.

Kindhornman · 26th December 2012, 05:45 AM

I have an old Technics SL-Q2 direct drive turntable been sitting for years. I recently bought a new stylus for the turntable and though the cartridge angle to the platter is fixed the vertical angle from side to side isn't fixed. How do I make sure that the stylus is vertically correct. I don't have any kind of gauge to align the stylus. Any pointers here. The cartridge is an Ortofon and there is no head shell to speak of. You can only rotate the cartridge as far as I see.

sreten · 26th December 2012, 07:59 PM

Hi,

If you've bought a Concord you've got lots of alignment issues to worry about.

rgds, sreten.

Kindhornman · 26th December 2012, 08:51 PM

Sreten,
I have had this turntable for years but it has been sitting. The cartridge is still what was on the turntable I only replaced the stylus itself. Didn't work with no tip on it! I remember when my kids were young and thought they could put a cd on the turntable and that was the last time I used it! Now what do I do?

26th December 2012, 05:45 AM	#1
Kindhornman diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Los Angeles, California	Technics turntable cartridge question. I have an old Technics SL-Q2 direct drive turntable been sitting for years. I recently bought a new stylus for the turntable and though the cartridge angle to the platter is fixed the vertical angle from side to side isn't fixed. How do I make sure that the stylus is vertically correct. I don't have any kind of gauge to align the stylus. Any pointers here. The cartridge is an Ortofon and there is no head shell to speak of. You can only rotate the cartridge as far as I see.

26th December 2012, 07:59 PM	#2
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	Hi, If you've bought a Concord you've got lots of alignment issues to worry about. rgds, sreten. __________________ There is nothing so practical as a really good theory - Ludwig Boltzmann When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail - Abraham Maslow

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26th December 2012, 08:51 PM	#3
Kindhornman diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Los Angeles, California	Sreten, I have had this turntable for years but it has been sitting. The cartridge is still what was on the turntable I only replaced the stylus itself. Didn't work with no tip on it! I remember when my kids were young and thought they could put a cd on the turntable and that was the last time I used it! Now what do I do?