PhilMays Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I'm very frustrated in my TT set-up, or foray into setting up. Now my left channel does not work. I switch the cables and it does work, but then not the right. Could it be I have lost a connection in the tiny wires from the tonearm to the cartridge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Turntables, I always hated changing cartridges ................ good tight connection on cartridge pins ? loose connection in tone arm head ? plugged in to power amp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 I have a sick feeling that that little itty bitty wire has broken off. It is still connected, but I think it may be the clamp that holds the wire andthe actual wire has broken. Hell, I can't even see that small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Magnifying Glasses Phil ................. The eyes are first to go, Buddy !!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Phil - I'm sure there's a way to check with a multi-meter if you have a connection. I just don't know how you would do it. You might need to email one of the guys here who actually know how to work those things other than just biasing an amp. Send Craig or Mark or Scott a pm and I'm sure one of them would help. At worst you'll need to bring it in for service to get some rewiring done. I have a guy here who does that stuff pretty cheap but you really need to know what you're doing when working with those tiny wires. Good luck! Oh, and don't listen to OB. We know it's worth the trouble!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Oh, and don't listen to OB. garymd, I'm hurt by that ............ Did I say get rid of TT ? I just said that's what I hated most, installing new cartridge, didn't tell him not to .......... besides if you would see the size of my hands, you would better appreciate my comment ................... [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 Hi Gary, Never thought of a multi meter...I sure can check for continuity!!! What were we talking about? Oh yea, OB....memory is the second thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 I bought the TT used. It's a Rega Planer 2 with a rg250 tone arm. I bought a new cartridge for it. I am starting to suspect that while trying to adjust the angle of the cartridge I may have broken the connection on the green wire conecting the cartridge to the tonearm. When I switch the wires around I get music out of the left channel. My two channel rig is a Marantz 2385. When I first bought and setup my TT, I found my records to be in horrible shape. I pretty much left it until I found a store that sold new records in Asheville, NC a few weekends ago, thus the new interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nu2toobs Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 If you can check your cable that plugs into your phono input on your amp or preamp. Make sure you have pulled off one of the wires in one of the jacks. I had to solder mine this weekend. I have a P3-24 and it was an easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I have a sick feeling that that little itty bitty wire has broken off. It is still connected, but I think it may be the clamp that holds the wire andthe actual wire has broken. Hell, I can't even see that small. I second the magnifying glass. There are illuminating magnifiers, or you or your wife can hold a flashlight. Look at whether the lil' wire broke off the clip that goes on the pin on the back of the cartridge as well as inside the phono plug as suggested above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott0527 Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Hi Gary, Never thought of a multi meter...I sure can check for continuity!!! If you're sure now it's not your preamp, that's what I would do. Connect one probe on the little cartridge wire and the other probe on the correspoing internconnect. No to low resistance means that tonearm wire is ok. Usually, White is left channel, blue is left channel ground, Red is right channel and green is right channel ground. Could just be dirty connections. Turntables are funny that way. Make sure all the little cartridge connectors are clean and tight to the cartridge pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyholiday Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Check for a open circuit, on the center pin {L+} of the left RCA connect, to the positive {L+} lead wire connection, to the cartridge's labeled positive left pin connection {L +},cartridge leads disconnected,do the same for the RCA connects outer ring {L-} to cartridge's labeled {L-},do the same for right channel RCA connection to double check that there has not been cross wiring of the cartridge leads during it's life time{results hum, lack of bass,separation...},most cartridges are labeled on the back {+ L -} {+ R -} an/or color coded, to mark the polarities,don't assume the same color lead wire, connects to the same color, on a non OEM cartridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whell Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 The message below is courtest a poster over at Audiokarma: DO NOT USE A MULTIMETER TO MEASURE THE CONTINUITY OF THE COILS OF A MAGNETIC CARTRIDGEWITHOUT USING A CURRENT-LIMITING RESISTOR IN SERIES WITH ONE OF THEPROBES. I USE 100K TO 220K. EXCESSIVE CURRENT FROM MANY OHMMETERS CANDAMAGE THE SUPER-FINE WIRES IN THE COILS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lindsey Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Hi Phil, It doesn't hurt to have a couple of extra sets of the headshell leads on hand in case this happens. You can get them here for $5 a set. http://www.needledoctor.com/Headshell-Leads-LKG-HS02;jsessionid=0a0004471f433931aeb26d924f27b96fe67590cbba62.e3iKaNePch4Re34Pa38Ta38Qbxn0 Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Oh, and don't listen to OB. garymd, I'm hurt by that ............ Did I say get rid of TT ? I just said that's what I hated most, installing new cartridge, didn't tell him not to .......... besides if you would see the size of my hands, you would better appreciate my comment ................... OB - You know I'm just playing. I can't access the winkies here at work so you'll just have to take my word for it. (wink, wink, nod, nod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 OB - You know I'm just playing That's what they all say .............. EH !!!!!!!!! ............. I know, I didn't write anything bad .................................... YET !!!!!!!!!! ..[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me Loves Khorns Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I was going to recommend seeing a urologist....[:|] Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Phil I did the same thing to my RB300 tone arm. If yours has a little rubber plug at the arm end where the wires come out to the leads and you broke it off at that rubber part you're probably looking at having the arm rewired. These Rega arms (at least the RB300 don't have a headshell and the wires run straight from leads into the armature in the base of the arm. I tried soldering mine with zero luck. Those wires are super thin. Hope I'm not being the purveyor of bad news. Oh here's a link to thread that gets into this whole Rega wire issue: http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/p/49097/465567.aspx#465567 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMays Posted December 15, 2007 Author Share Posted December 15, 2007 I'm sorry it took so long to respond. The Klipsch forum is the only one I can't type a message in from home, for some reason. Anyway, I may have my colors wrong on the leads, and your right Thebes, I noticed that when I was following the cables. A new Tone Arm, Do I see upgrade! Anyway, when I have time again I'll look in depth again. You guys have given me some new ideas on what to look for. I think it's killing me as I bought the Robert Plant and Allison Krauss album, and I have not heard it yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 What no CD player ??? Snap out of it Phil, get that turntable going .... times a'wastin' ..... you'll get it going !!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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