Wow and you got when it was new and glad you still have . You should look up the turntable and check technics turntable chart and when it came out and the specs. I have the brother of this one and the SL 1400 and I believe they also made the SL 1500. And I think came out in 77.

Very good tips! Thanks for sharing!

What input will you use for the external preamp? The phono input or aux?

​@@joepasquarello1273 Into any audio input (not the Phono) on the Onkyo TX-NR686. I used the Game input.

An excellent video as always on a subject that everyone has has found a problem. For many years I had a Linn LP12 and AT OC9 and I do recall why I kind of left vinyl behind for similar reasons. By the time CD was becoming a thing they really cheaped out on the pressings, almost Flexi disks and they just had the worst of both world really, that had been mastered in the studio digitally and what you had was a cut of the CD with all it's metallic deadness and surface noise from sub standard vinyl. It was a clear cut off in the mid 80s. I still have a lesser turntable, a mid range for the time quartz direct drive which I must admit I still listen to once in a while and at the best the LP12 and certainly the moving coil pickup were capable of real magic but with a sprung sub-chassis and an ultra fine stylus profile it was sure a prima donna. The pressings today can be excellent, and some are not, 180g is usually a given but some I have are very noisy indeed. Also the recordings today take advantage of the capabilities of the digital age so an ultra compressed high level recording with every band of the spectrum up to the max cannot really be accommodated on vinyl considering the equipment that the pressings may be forced at. The ritual of the prayer to the turntable is kind of appealing, making selection and setting up to play a side an event. While I have all of my lossless music now on a NAS I have reverted back playing CDs, SACD, DVDA from really physical media just for the act physically browsing through tangible items and the rituals involved. A shame SACD did not catch on more as I feel it was a big step forward.

think mc cartridges are over-rated. I've had a Super,Denons. they can have a high-frequencies lift. also, the elliptical stylus often fitted can suffer tip resonances. the other deal-breaker can be stylus replacement cost. incredibly high, mostly. - always check that, before buying.$500 for a needle? no way, at least not for me.re-tipping services must be highly profitable, just like mc cartridges. google 'art dudley spherical stylus'. this can give an impression finer detail & 'air', falsely, imo. buying used moving-magnet cartridges on ebay can be risky, but for little $, you can experiment.

Thanks for all the great info! Sorry about the confusion, but when I mentioned adjusting tracking force before the alignment, I meant that you should get it roughly adjusted, so as not to have the counterbalance so far out that you damage the stylus arm. A final adjustment of tracking force is then done after alignment. I had things in a lot better order, until I messed up with the camera record and had to re-shoot the whole last part of the alignment :( Thanks again, that was all very good info!

@@xraytonyb My pleasure Tony...keep it up!

I've been looking for that information somewhere to parse my serial number. Is there a source for that? My serial number starts with DA5828. Thanks.

@@mimizone DA = Production Line 6 = Last digit of year K = Month (0 to 9, A to L) 22 = Date A = Change Mark 025 = Sequence

In your case it's August 28 of '75

Only barely. Very rudimentary rough adjustment.

BTW, if you Google "Realistic Clarinette 16", about the only thing you'll find on it is my write up of what I did to it to put it back into service . It wasn't much. (Realistic in da house)

Thanks for the tips!

As a subscriber of Stereophile magazine and from what I've read I can attest to some cartridges costing in the tens-of-thousands of $$$ (examples "Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement" & "Air Tight Opus-1"). Almost unimaginable (at least for someone of my means) to fork out that kind of money for a wear item!

@@Mrsteve4761 Cartridges, sure. I think he was talking about headshells @ 25:27

Include the rubber washer.

You may find that after market headshells by Ortofon and Jelco are superior to the OEM model. More adjustment ability and better connect wires.

Yes. I did this on some of my other turntable videos.

Test records and test gear or even your ears can be a big help in setting your turntable up. A scope can help you see relative level between channels and distortion.

I think what you want is DeoxIT spray, its great for cleaning electronics, then add DeoxIT Grease to lubricate

There is an area in the cue lever mechanism that uses a small amount of oil for the damping of the arm. In time, the oil dries out/leaks and you need to replace it. There is usually also an adjustment. It's a pretty straightforward process. You can download the service documentation from vinylengine.com and it will guide you through the process for your particular turntable. Thanks for th ecomment!

When you do get it apart and learn how to replace the "damping fluid" Look for 300,000 CST silicone oil. You can get it online or sometimes in RC shops.

My 1300 is doing the same thing. It worked when I put it up years ago but when I took it back out of the closet a few months ago to start using it again, it wouldn't spin. The light comes on and if I spin it by hand it will lift and cue. Have you found any answer to why yours stopped spinning?

I have had good experience with Sorbothane rubber hemispheres to replace the feet. Deoxit is the way to go!

My 1300 also has an all cast aluminum base. Great turntables!

Great! I thought i heard you warn about stripping the screws in the 'plastic' base. Any ole way, i think the only way they could improve on these for the price point would have been to reduce the tone arm mass a bit. I headed later on that most agreed the belly m belt drive better dampened any motor inconsistencies as well as not having the issue of low frequency pulsing created by the DD motor poles. As you I'm not an upscale audiofile and like most older cats, my hearing has lost some range. I've been a bench tech through all the audio/video had days of the 70's and 80's and into the mid 90's when repairing things all kinda feel apart. Do mostly musicians stuff as a side line for fun. Love the videos. Glen

It is very easy. There is an access hole through the platter, through which you can access the two course adjust pots. Just set the two knobs to mid travel and then adjust the two course adjustments until the two speeds are close. The use the outside knobs to fine tune it. You will have to stop the turntable in between adjustments, in order to get to the course pots, but usually within a few tries, you'll get it close enough. Thanks for the comment!

I can't recall if they are glued or screwed, but you may find the service manual on the Vinyl Engine forums, and that should show you how to tear it down and replace it. I can't post links here, but if you do a search for SL-1300 Mk2 service manual vinyl engine it should come up

@@EsotericArctos thanks Brendon. Downloaded the service manual. Looks as though it's glued on.👍

I just ordered the audio technica VT - 95E fir my technica SL 1400.

Oh and meant AT-VM95E.

Yes, but it really would not be necessary. By having two pots for each speed (course adjust located under the platter and fine adjust on the front of the unit), there is plenty of adjustment. The circuit works perfectly as designed. I also don't like making any modifications that can't be reversed. Thanks for the comment!

Hi there! Sorry, i Mixed the Sl1300 Up with another One with an Adjust Possibility the Lifter ist fixed on this Player. The Problem will stay....the Angle of the Stylus is not correct with the Ortophone and IT IS Made for a light Tonearm cause the Tip Holder hast a smaler Torque Facility?! In Germany called Nadelnachgiebigkeit.We use AT cartridge 100 and 120eb . The Hight ist like the Original. You can use a Metall Headshell and adjust it by giving it a little Torque😉 or build a Headshell by a 3D Printer.

On the Tonearmlift there is usually a Hexscrew, which you can turn to adjust the tonearm height. You need to lower the tonearm in the parking position, then press down the lift until the Hexscrew shows up. Then you can turn it clockwise to higher the tonearm, or anticlockwise to lower the tonearm.

Yes.

That's why I left it on the original headshell. I need to order a new stylus. Thanks for the comment!

@@xraytonyb Empire styli are very small and highly elliptical. It might only need a very good cleaning. I use "No Residue" ElectroSolve contact cleaner on my Empire 2000e stylus because they are not glued or bonded to the cantilever, but are actually press-fit into a very small opening. They won't move and the cleaner has no effect aside from deeply cleaning the diamond, unlike "bonded" ones like the AT which use adhesives....

Hello from Germany! We use the AT 120eb cartridge in our Technics. It Sounds very good, but it is already not in Produktion Like the At 100 on my Sl Bd 1 .

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@@xraytonyb Hi Tony, Thank you. Indeed, my wife was right: I was not paying attention! You showed both products very clearly in the video. Thanks a lot, I truly appreciate your videos. Cheers, Mark