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On Tuesday I bought an Audio-Technica AT-PL120 turntable. When I
put it together I was dismayed to find that while the left channel
seemed to work fine, I only got a loud hum in the right. I fiddled
with the connectors, and removed and replaced the cartridge a couple
of times, but nothing seemed to help. Then I removed the cartridge
shell one more time, poked very lightly at the exposed cartridge
wires with my finger, and when I replaced it again suddenly everything
worked! I removed and replaced it one more time just to be sure,
but it still worked.
Happy ending, as I did not look forward to repacking the thing and
lugging it back to the store! But now I'm nervous, and worried
that I might have a lemon that could go bad again at any moment.
So I'm wondering if anyone could tell me what the problem might
have been, and whether it was a commonplace setup glitch, or whether
it means the equipment is probably faulty. Any thoughts?
--
John Brock
jbrock@panix.com
On Tuesday I bought an Audio-Technica AT-PL120 turntable. When I
put it together I was dismayed to find that while the left channel
seemed to work fine, I only got a loud hum in the right. I fiddled
with the connectors, and removed and replaced the cartridge a couple
of times, but nothing seemed to help. Then I removed the cartridge
shell one more time, poked very lightly at the exposed cartridge
wires with my finger, and when I replaced it again suddenly everything
worked! I removed and replaced it one more time just to be sure,
but it still worked.
Happy ending, as I did not look forward to repacking the thing and
lugging it back to the store! But now I'm nervous, and worried
that I might have a lemon that could go bad again at any moment.
So I'm wondering if anyone could tell me what the problem might
have been, and whether it was a commonplace setup glitch, or whether
it means the equipment is probably faulty. Any thoughts?
--
John Brock
jbrock@panix.com