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Sony Direct Drive Turntable;New Setup

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this is my new (new to me, old in age) Sony Direct Drive Turntable. No belts to deal with, yay! I CLAIM FAIR USAGE OF THE SONGS. THEY ARE BEING USED TO DEMONSTRATE THIS TURNTABLE. THANK YOU. … vinyl record turntable sony direct drive PS-X5

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13 Responses to “Sony Direct Drive Turntable;New Setup”

  1. howie12531 on October 11th, 2009 7:11 am

    Those two “holes” at the top edge of the deck are for storing extra cartridge/headshell assemblies. I know because I have a ’70s Sony Direct Drive deck as well. :-)

  2. Watcher3223 on October 14th, 2009 4:33 pm

    The reason for an S shaped or angled tone arm is because they reduce tracking error significantly compared to a straight arm on a pivot. However, the pickup musd be correctly positioned on the headshell using a calibration protractor.

    In addition to tracking force and anti-skating, you must also set tracking angle and overhang.

    Plus, you mustn’t use WD-40 for lubricating the bearings.

    WD-40 is more of a solvent than a lubricant.

    Use a light oil without paraffin, such as “Zoom Spout.”

  3. TheSlimeBin on October 15th, 2009 12:04 pm

    Remember, vertical tracking angle is different to cartridge overhang.

  4. lmull3 on October 17th, 2009 8:22 pm

    no, it’s aligned properly, i checked into that. it’s probably due to the type of tonearm i have. the S shape. Linear ones tend to distort less.

  5. TheSlimeBin on October 18th, 2009 6:33 am

    Sorry to burst your bubble, but the reason you are getting inner groove distortion is likely because your cartridge does is not calibrated in alignment. Maybe the overhang does not match both inner and outer null points.

  6. lmull3 on October 20th, 2009 11:35 pm

    wow, dude. OCD on capitalization much? lol

  7. thumbprintproduction on October 24th, 2009 1:04 am

    i Might Go To A Pawn Shop To Get A Direct Drive Turntable Just For Playback Only So It Might Happen Soon When I Have The Money!!!!

  8. thumbprintproduction on October 25th, 2009 3:13 pm

    Wow That’s Cool No Belts I Had An Old 1970s MCS Direct Drive Turntable It Worked Well The Strobe Worked Fine I Needed A New Head shell At The Time But Someone Put It In The Trash Man I Was Mad At Who Ever Did That It Worked Just Fine And I Would Still Have It Today If I Keeped It In My Room And Out Of The Way Of The Dumpster But I’m Happy With My Sony Belt Drive For The Time Being Some Point I’ll Get A Direct Drive Agian!!

  9. lmull3 on October 26th, 2009 6:09 am

    :P . it’s been around since the 50’s. gotta love it.

  10. vwestlife on October 29th, 2009 12:50 pm

    Exactly right, jedw. And on a non-linear-tracking turntable, there is always some tracking angle error that gets worse as the tonearm pivots more towards the center. So instead of running exactly parallel with the groove, the stylus gets slightly tilted, causing distortion.

  11. AccordionManiac on October 31st, 2009 11:54 am

    Man how cool is that: automatic!!

  12. lmull3 on November 3rd, 2009 7:25 am

    ahh, that makes sense. that’s the only drawback of vinyl that i can see.

  13. jedw on November 3rd, 2009 1:31 pm

    They distort more in the center simply becasue the relative speed of the record to the stylus gets less and less toward the center, as the record runs at a constant speed but the groove gets tighter and tighter.

    Its like runnign tape slower – you get worse sound.

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