The amount of times I have to use this video as a reference is too many to count. Thanks so much!

I have never understood what anti-skate was, nor knew how to change it. Likewise I never understood why the dial on my counterweight was free-spinning. Now my turntable is correctly set up! Thank you so much!

Don't usually comment, but this was a lifesaver! Thank you

I can’t believe the noob mistake I was making on the counterweight adjustment. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Yet I watched about 10 other videos and you’re the only one that made me realize what I was doing wrong. Thank you so much. Time to finally adjust my Technics SL-D202 and play all this vinyl that’s been collecting dust over the past few weeks.

Just bought my first player and the instructions were lacking in detail. Following your instructions made balancing the arm very easy and accurate. Thank you for helping my listening enjoyment

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, Thank you so much!!!! I had been walking like a cat in my living room because my tonearm was so sensitive and after a while I just stopped using my turntable. Those days are gone thanks to you! cheers!!

great job, you showed us how to do it without missing any key details like the last video I saw did !

Thank you so much! I have a 25-year-old Sony turntable, and a lot of records were skipping, especially toward the end. I knew it wasn’t the records because they play perfectly on my other two turntables. I reset the tonearm balance, and now they play perfectly!

Now that's explain crystal clearly :) great Video

Thank you very much for the very informative and hussle-free video. I recently restored a Toshiba SR-220 turntable, i am impressed with its build quality even though Toshiba isn't one of the highly sought after audio makers, this is a solid, well performing turntable. I adjusted the tone arm in just a few minutes thanks to your video.

this is the only video on this I've watched that made sense and showed me the right shots so I could see what you were saying. Thanks!!

Nice to hear Nautilus-Pompilius at the beginning! Thanks for explaining all this 👍

Been having a couple issues lately, tonearm skating and when I tried to set, too heavy and just dropping into the record. Your video allowed me to reset the arm perfectly. Thank you!!

Thank you! Other tutorials skip out on little details. This helped

My Sharp Stereo with discrete selection of sound has a bit of a skating problem.The Video shown was very good and very instructive .

Thank you so much. Couldn't figure out the instructions until watching your video. Excellent instructions and now I'm enjoying my vinyl collection!

Love what you're doing here. Always wanted to make something similar because of my frustration with most vinyl how to videos.

Thank you! So simple to follow these instructions.

this video helped me a lot of times with my players. Thank you so very much. It is indeed a big help.

Thank you! Very clear and helped me with my first fully adjustable table!!

Interesting! Well, I remember I had back in 1996 Soviet-Made Radiotehnika 101 turntable produced in 1983, which had original Soviet standard GZM-005 cattridge, which was pertty heavy (cartridge mass was 12 g). I found out that my stylus is worn out and was looking for some replacement, but by that time it appeared to be impossible to buy Soviet-made cartridges in Moscow, Russia anymore. I ended up in one of the Hi-End stores, which offered me exactly GRADO DJ 100 cartridge. Since the mount on Radiotennika's headshell was standard half-inch type, I could easily mount the cartridge, but then I found out that GRADO cartridge is as twice as lighter then the Soviet-made GZM-005. Since I didn't have weights that you have, I just had to use 10-ruble coin instead of it, and that way I could balance my tonearm. I had no idea that there are such kind of special weights to apply to the headshell! Also I cansay installing GRADO cartridge had improved my sound so significantly, that I started to relisten to all my vinyl collection!

Very helpful video. The instructions for my Sony TT were not clear but you helped me to figure out what I was doing wrong. Thanks!

Loved the video, super clear explanations with even clearer demonstrations. Definitely subscribing for more !

Hi! Thanks for your clear instructions - so far the best I've seen. I have an old Marantz 6300 that is very different from the turntable you have, yet I was able to follow your steps and balance the torn arm. Gracias de nuevo!

I very much appreciate your video. Very detailed and appreciated your personal comments on stuff like physics too.

Thanks for Posting! Helps every time

Thank you! You are the GOAT, this helped ALOT

phenomal explanation dood 🙌 thank you!

Thanks man! You made it all so easy peasy! 🙏

Thank you for adding a little bit of science into your into video. It was a nice touch dude! Thanks 😊

Beautifully explained. Thank you so much.

Excellent clear explanation! Thank you so much

Excellent video. Clear, concise presentation.

Awesome video. Used it on a Realistic LAB-390. Thought I was going to have to ditch a vintage Led Zeppelin album. Its perfect now. TY!!!!

Thanks for the Tutorial 🎶

You saved me!!!! MY SAVIOR!!!!

Thank you for the video. Very clear instructions. Similar to my Pioneer PL-5.

Clear, concise. Excellent. Thanks

I have several different zeros and scales marked on my AS dial, so that got me off to a good start.

Excellent explanation. Worked a treat. Many thanks.

Thanks, bud. Great instructions!

thanks man, super clear

Cheers!! Thanks so much 👍

Thank you so much. It was easy once I figured out what the hell to do lol.

You say 'the stylus tracking force has now been correctly set', yet the headshell is hovering in mid-air? What's going on?

thank you so much very nice explanation

great tuition I have to say, however ... been using a 1pence piece stuck to the headshell for 20 years works well lol

Very good .My new Neotech digital stylus pres sure. meter reads ok .How can I adjust skating , my Sharp stereo has been in my home for many years.

Amazing, thank you for posting this, worked a treat! :D

thanks this was very useful

Great .. thank you so very very much

thanks i learned some good stuff

great video

It is Great that you have described the technical details of such a process. Thank you . Would you however, have knowledge of where I could obtain a cartridge for a Sharp Stereo,5730 s ? It is a very old Stereo system .But it works well.! This is Australia .

Thanks for the information and awesome Casey Neistat skateboard in the background 😁

Very helpful. Thanks.

completely lost me when you were turning the front/black part of the counterweight AFTER you seemed to already balanced the arm?? so first is the balancing, and then it's the tracking force? my PROJECT T1 doesn't even come with the anti skating knob...

thank you thank you thank you

Thanks!

Thanks 🙏

Very informative video. Can you please tell me, should I set the tracking force with a record on the Platter or without a vinyl record on it. Thanks.. Mohan from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

I'm still a little confused what the difference is between the balancing and stylus tracking. Aren't you moving the same thing for both? Will adjusting the tracking pressure mess with the balance? Sorry I'm super new to manual turntables

What’s a headshell and idk any of the things and I’m scared to use my record because idk how to use it and this is to deep of an explanation for me

Thank you so much!!!!!!

Really good video, thanks. 1 question, how do you know if the tracking force is too high or too low? how can you tell from listening to the record?

how about the cue lever? will it matter? I see in your video that it was not mentioned, as it is located close to the adjustment knobs in balancing the tone arm. thanks man. hope to hear from you.

Thanks but after setting it how to test it by listening and how to know if its sounds too heavy or too light weight

Good to know....Thanks.

I have a Thorens, when it gets to the last track it skips at the end of the song? How do you adjust it to finish twords the end of the center, twords the label?

Hi, I have a JCV JL-A1 my tone arm doesn't return once the record is finish, it is supposed to do that on this model. however it continues spinning. what can be the problem? calibration?

I own The Oracle Delphi Mark V {Anniversary Edition} Turntable. It's all laid out in Gold Trim , with the Black African Granite Base. & on it, I have a Graham Engineering Uni-Pivot 1.5 Tone Arm. The Cartridge is a Benz ~Micro (Glider). I've never had my table / Tone Arm & Cart Tweaked ? Not sure ? I know how to do this ? Wished someone would run a video on You Tube to show this set up done properly ? Any Tech's out there, that do House Calls ? Mike L.

Very good, thank you.

If I take a reading closer to the center, should the number decrease. For example my Hana is reading 2.00gm tracking force towards the edge but towards the center it reads 1.90ishgm

Thank you!!!

To balance tone arm you leave the tone are lever up. Am I correct?

Do you need to use on of the tracking force scales? I don’t have one

🤔My turntable is a kam ddx750 and my counter weight will doasant have a numberd dial on it I can't find any KZfaq videos on here with any help

I cant get to 2.5 on my weight. It stops at 1 :/ im tryin the same steps

How to balance a SAEC tonearm which is quite complicated for me

Maybe there is something different about mine but I swear setting it like this is impossible. If I set it to balance horizontally, it doesn't have enough weight to keep the needle on the record. And even if I balance it to the platter, it just ends up being way too sensitive to any vibrations.

great video, just one question: why is it that when I set the tonearm to float and thew counterwight and anti skate are set up, the tonearm floats away from the platter and back to the resting position? the whole concept of having the tonearm float freely but also needing it to have enough downward force to actually track a record seems contradictory to me... Am i missing something here? Thanks again for your helpful video!

Need some help, I have a used record player I picked up and fixed (needed new belt and needle and cover was damaged). Was working great but all the sudden my newer vinyl I picked up started skipping or repeating. I tried adjusting it just like everyone says to, but unless I have the weight cranked down a ways, it either skips or only plays out of the right speaker. Also noticed that the turntable has the slightest wobble, but then again, the spot where the vinyl goes and the needle are like on their own separate suspension system so if something shakes, moves, wobbles, they stay together. It’s a Philips 437, like from the early 80s I think. Is it safe to turn it down to where it doesn’t skip? It won’t wear my vinyls right? I mean how else could I fix it?

Why do you remove the cover? My cartridge has the kind if cover that just flips back to expose the stylus. I should take that off? Are we sure the tracking force/weight doesn't account for that?

Great video and also what song is this??? I swear I know this song but can't figure it out.

Old dj trick blue tak a penny ontop of the stylis

Thanks! What should I do if I can’t find the tracking force online? (ATX-1201E is my cartridge)

the tonearm on my technics dc servo automatic turntable system sl-j110r is not like this at all.

The anti skate isn’t always the same as the tracking force , test it on a blank record to see

Excellent video. I'm beginner, trying to help my even more beginner brother. We're not sure if stylus is completely damaged, if anti skate or tonearm adjustments are off, or if table turntable is placed on is not level. All I know at this point is when you put needle down at beginning of record, it skates toward center. Is this likely to be anti-skate adjustment problem? Also, we have no clue what recommended weight adjustment is, and can't even see if there's a cartridge number marked on the cartridge that might help us to determine what needle we have or need, if we need to buy a new needle, and what recommended weight might be. Is there any particular weight that seems fairly common for weight adjustment, or is that all over the place depending on cartridge? Any advice? Where do I start? Feeling overwhelmed. Thanks.

I have a turntable (Lenco L133) and i don't know how to fix the turntable arm...

I just got a turn table for christmas and i’m still confused about tracking force. I have the tone arm near perfectly balanced, and the tracking force gauge ring is set to 0. The manual says to rotate both the counter weight and the tracking force gauge ring together (as your video showed) to set it to my cartridge’s recommended tracking force of 2.0. But when i do this, when i rotate the counterweight and tracking gauge together and set it to 2.0, the balance goes away, and the tone arm is front heavy (towards the stylus) and falls back down into its holder. Is the balance supposed to be altered after setting the tracking force? Or is it still supposed to be balanced? I’m confused

If my turntable has no tracking force dial do the instructions relating to tone arm balancing and tracking force still apply just the same.?

ok and how its by you hight adj.mm ? Greetings

I had my 1960's Garrard 2025tc repaired by a BBB accredited Audio video shop in 1980's sometime to find out shortly after he removed the spring from the rear of the tonearm and a silver thing it was attached to and told me it didn't need it. I haven't used it since then. I now need to get that spring and I don't know the manufacturer nor size nor specs of it nor the part number. Can you help with that info? I've reached a give up point.

Still you missed two important things

Yikes 3 grams. That is very heavy. Hope you have extra copies of your collection. Back in the 60's 1.5 was standard. I would suggest a better cartridge that will track no more than 1.5 unless your hate your records.

this doesn’t work for those cheap suitcase record players, huh?

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Thanks!