I've done a few of these. I found that the internal ground method resulted in a hum on the speakers. (though it has been okay with other tables). For best results, the chassis ground should be kept away from the signal ground, to keep that current away from the signal.
First person to say this. It makes no sense to attach ground to shield of one side. Ever hear of ground loops? Sure you have, it is the HUM you often hear when attaching a table to inputs. There are cases where the ground must be lifted, or a ground wire applied in a differing spot. Doing this mod insures that you CANNOT lift or change grounding. Sending the table ground down one side can loop any stray current down that channel, through a preamp, out the AC neutral, and back to the TT via the table neutral, causing hum and noise. There are many other scenarios that could cause hum and noise via this method, too numerous to mention. In a static environment, it is much easier to make permanent changes. But traveling to differing venues where power, ground, neutral, heavy HVAC, ballasts, lighting equipment, nearby TV, radio and other RF transmitters, plus other RF (microwave ovens for instance) and electromagnetic spewing items are, this could be a disaster of a mod. All these items can spew interference through air and via house power system I am not saying it always will, but in my decades of TT setup and service, I have seen some very strange things that took creative analysis to cure. Connecting a ground wire is easy and quick. What really is the problem?
Your totally right, it can cause some weird issues if the ground is looping. It all depends on a person's setup also. Some equipment does require a ground toward a different area in the circuit. There are some other RCA wires out there that have poor shielding that can also cause ground loops. As you said there are multiple factors that can cause some problems but are rare. If I do find issues and a humming is present it can also be caused by a failure in another components ground circuit, or another issue that is preexistent in certain set ups. However I have yet to see this mod fail when done correctly. I have come across ground looping in one scenario when the club removed ground on a power plug to the mixer in order for it to fit the outlet. When my tables were attached a hum was present. The fix for this was just to add a RCA splitter and just ground the outside shell of the RCA plug. The reason for doing this mod is for several reasons. Djs often come across shotty equipment all the time when going into gigs. For example, missing ground screws or damage grounds on mixers, the chance that the ground wire was ripped or crush, serato or tractor not getting a clean signal from the attached ground. The circuit that the external ground attached into the RCA shield provides a clean signal 90% of the time. I have yet to see turntable failure from this mod though since in the technic 1200 the ground circuits are separated to an extent from the motor. It all depends on the set up. But you provided some good information for people!
Another factor to consider is how you will be using 1200. You'll notice there are 5 wires coming from tone arm - no common ground. When you do the mod you are injecting noise in to the signal. In a club - probably not noticeable. If you're using in your home for best playback potential - probably not a good idea. You could also get in to scenario where you have a ground loop and no longer have option of moving ground wire around. Solution might be to be to add external switch to change between internal and external ground (just a thought - not tested!).
I'm not new to rewiring things but this is more important ha. This is the first time I've opened a deck so any pointers would be great. What is the best thing for grounding?
Great video! One note, I always tin my wires before soldering, because it makes it soooo easy to get things to flow on the install. Thanks for the vid!
Sooooo thankful you had this video. One of my turntables was only coming in on mono, no stereo. So I followed this video (ordered the proper RCA on eBay), changed out the RCA, and voila there was stereo! Never delete this video. Thank you thank you!
Had to do this years ago with one of my decks. My friend offered to replace the RCA on the other one but I decided to not fix what wasn't broken. Now that other one is broken and your step-by-step walkthrough is just what I need to get it up and running again. Cheers!
if you use your turntables at home go for it, if you use them in clubs with big DB keep the ground wire away from the audio cables or you will get HUM low end feedback through the speakers
Awesome, many thanks once again for the very invaluable info! I would say that taking into account the massive amount of use my decks used to get (I now use a Traktor S8) the constant time would be approximately 7200 hours and this is a conservative estimate. I went on the assumption that on average I was probably using them for about 14 hours/week and did this for at least 10 years and actually probably more when I think of it but it's a ballpark figure and well over the 3000 hours in the book.I agree with you on the not oiling part as they're still running smoothly and even the lights work too with their original bulbs. I was always very careful to keep a close eye on other people using them as you'd be amazed (or not!) how people can mistreat them without even knowing so e.g. by stopping the platter, fiddling with the weights etc. Anyway thank you for coming back on my post and wish you all the best!
to avoid damaging the circuit board connections and the wire you should tin the wire with solder before trying to solder it onto the board. too much heat or inexperience and you'll end up buying a new tonearm.
I'm not new to rewiring things but this is more important ha. This is the first time I've opened a deck so any pointers would be great. What is the best thing for grounding?
Just to put my last comment into perspective, I've had my decks for a little over 27 years now so they've certainly lasted well, their condition was also probably maintained due to putting them into flight cases shortly after buying them from new.
I had humming noise getting from Dual Cs505-4 pretty old unit but still sounds great...now 😀completly removed rca cable bit of soldering plus new rca cable ...tadaaaa perfect sound again just like new no noise
I bought Traktor scratch and was having issue in Traktor software. I was getting message saying Left input not working I dismantled my 1210 and done continuity test on left and right cables. I was getting continuity both ends. I put deck back together and applied switch spray to ends of phono leads. And also where I screw needle (stylus) in. That fixed my problem.
You Sir, Know Your Shit. The ground cable connector on the wire? ... yea, if you still have it on you took REALLY good care of the deck. (I purchased the 1200s in 1991)
those arnt grounds , they are neg signal wires . you risck worse hum if you unbalance these screened leads . always ground the turntable away from the signal . whos too lazy to attach the ground to their mixer anyway....
can you tell why is that "self-grounding" needed? every phono preamp, built in mixers too, has an input for grounding, so wouldn't it be better to replace that cable too, not hiding it inside?
Without modding here on pcb, you can also make small incision on white RCA negative plug end - put the loose GND wire on white RCA negative near the plug.
You made a mistake by joining the ground in the white (left) RCA. Some of professional mixer has a balanced inputs. This will cause unbalance in the input levels between left and right channels. It would be better if you join them both.
Depending on application really. My home set up I used some Radio Shack Gold RCA. They are cheap, and good quality. But if your constantly removing, and moving your turntables, I would go for a more durable RCA like Monster wires.
It would be the same. Main purpose is just getting rid of the ground wire that attaches to the mixer. Also replacing the power cord would require a bit more work. The two prong power cord is great the way it is. As I explain before certain areas do not use a 3 prong outlet. Thanks for checking my video!
+therealomunit Certain screws are 3-star depending on the date it was manufactured I believe. However the screws are not torqued down too hard, so using a regular phillips will be sufficient. You do not want to over torque the screws during reinstallation.
Hi my friend I have signal problem on traktor I can't calibrate time code vinyls no signal is dead .....what is the problem rca .....my mixer z2 traktor recognized from laptop and traktor but the problem is no calibrate signal
Many thanks Mark! My 1200 has a dodgy RCA lead that needs replacing and this tutorial is just the job!Do you know please if you need to oil the motor mechanism at all? I did read somewhere in the manual that it recommends oiling every 3000 hours but I wasn't sure which oil to use?incidentally you remind me very much of that guy from 'Myth Busters'.Best regards,Paul from the UK
I have only oiled my tables once. After that... I don't think I would need to oil them again until I have kids and give them my tables haha. With that said Technics does recommended after x amount of operating hours. I am not sure what viscosity rate the oil is but I have used "liquid bearings" oil (il provide you a Amazon link) I wouldn't recommend any other lubes due to the lack of information I have on the type of oil. (Last thing u want is oil all over the place) there are two ways to apply the oil. One way which is quick is just remove the platter, apply 2-4 drops directly onto the spindle, and wait a couple hours for it to drip down into the motor. This does pose a risk because if there is any build up (gunk or dust) the oil will just layer on top of that. The proper way (which I did) is to remove the platter, unscrew the top magnet (big black doughnut thing), unscrew the circuit, and without unplugging anything just lifting up and remove the spindle.
Wow didn't know there's a character limit on comments... Well now I know. Next step. Clean the spindle and apply 2-3 drops directly. Then reassembly. You aren't oiling the motor because it is a magnetic drive motor. The only thing you will be oiling is the spindle. But let's do the math. 3000 hours is 125 days of constant operation. Depending on your use, if you are playing on the same set for that many hours... Then you must be fucken amazing. But other than that. I would do it once every say... 10 years or so... But to be completely honest... I wouldn't bother. I mean the turntable isn't being played in a middle of a desert, or exposed to the elements... Unless you are in a desert. So the lube shouldn't be going anywhere or building any type of massive debri if it's just in your house and use from time to time. So unless you notice the torque drop dramatically I wouldn't do anything.
Liquid Bearings 100%-synthetic Oil for all turntables, Provides Superior Lubrication and smoother, quieter operation! www.amazon.com/dp/B0064BX44I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_6o4CxbHGBWCPT
You know, I was looking this up on the audiophile end of owning a turntable, but it amazes me how you have your computer hooked up to either turntable, and able to display where the stylus is tracking on one record, as opposed to the stylus on the other turntable. How does that work?
Programs like Serato and Tractor uses time coding using a certain pitch on the vinyl. The vinyl itself is one long beep at certain frequencies to ID the placement of the stylus. The program then converts that into a time which can be used to load a song to make it play. Look into it. But nothing can beat the quality of real vinyl. The sound between digital and vinyl.
I agree that pure vinyl is the best, but only in certain situations, I RIPed my whole vinyl collection to 96kHz/24bit wavs during this winter, and than I went thru all the tracks I grabbed in Sony Soundforge. I used borrowed pro grade soundcard and headphones from friend (the card and phones cost more than the rest of the PC). What I found out was, that there are many crackles, even on my near mint vinyls. And I took the painful and long process of removing those crackles manually (no algorhytm). Those damned headphones and soundcard make u really hear everything. Now, after I repaired 100s of crackles and some errors which are on the vinyl, I enjoy the cleaner sound. So, if your vinyls are really mint, than its better, but with some vg/vg+ vinyls, its not so easy to say. Also, u can get static discharges on ur vinyls. That will be non existant issue on digital. I recorded all vinyls wet, to get rid of all static. U cant wet ur vinyls while u DJ... Also, this process of digitalizing and listening carefuly to the vinyls on high end gear made me super paranoid to all crackles, before, I havent noticed em so much on my JBL loudspeakers... I guess once you have heard it, it cannot be unheard. But I will not stop buying vinyls, they the best straight up and down. But those cleaned hd RIPs have also their charm... just sharing and blabbling a bit, thanks for the video Mark! :) PS: I used technics 1210 mk2 with new shure m44-7 needle, than to the Denon dn x1600 for a conversion, outputed it to denon DN R500 recorder using coax (so no aditional conversion) and recorded in those 96khz/24bit wavs at cca -6db. Results are really good.
Hi Thanks for the video! If I have only to replace the rca cables without selfgrounding i just leave the ground cable free as it was. Right? I ask just to be sure and not destroy my turntable.
+Mark Gonzales (Dj Marky G) Thank you! I have another question... It changes something about audio quality beetween a cable of 1 meter or 0,5 m. I risk of losing the signal on the way? or with longer cables (1meter) nothing changes? Sorry for my english
What about the small 4 wires next to the RCA grounding? What if those go bad what do I do? Not sure if it's those or if it's my grounding that's bad. Was told it's the wires that are bad
Those 4 wires are connected to your tonearm. Usually these wires do not get damage. You might want to check for corrosion on your tonearm. If they are you might want to clean the connections or contacts first. If not replace the tone arm or wiring. There maybe some other tutorials out there for tone arm replacement. Hope that helps.
Gotta recheck your work. It's very important to make sure you separate the ground wires when you cut the RCA. Please see the details on the webpage. Also make sure the connections are not interfering. The symptom of "less sound" usually indicates a faulty wire somewhere.
some ppl in this discussion actually say "if you use them in clubs with big DB keep the ground wire away from the audio cables or you will get HUM low end feedback through the speakers" and "I found that the internal ground method resulted in a hum on the speakers" so I dont think I will be doing this mod as I use my TTs with 2kw sound
Both channels are still original, and wires were not inverted during this demonstration. Please take caution when installing, not to invert R and W wires. Happy mixing!
I just stripped my RCA cables and the red one has red and white.... same with the white and I have not seen that in any youtube videos. Do you know why is that? Thanks
I've done a few of these. I found that the internal ground method resulted in a hum on the speakers. (though it has been okay with other tables). For best results, the chassis ground should be kept away from the signal ground, to keep that current away from the signal.
First person to say this. It makes no sense to attach ground to shield of one side. Ever hear of ground loops? Sure you have, it is the HUM you often hear when attaching a table to inputs. There are cases where the ground must be lifted, or a ground wire applied in a differing spot. Doing this mod insures that you CANNOT lift or change grounding. Sending the table ground down one side can loop any stray current down that channel, through a preamp, out the AC neutral, and back to the TT via the table neutral, causing hum and noise. There are many other scenarios that could cause hum and noise via this method, too numerous to mention. In a static environment, it is much easier to make permanent changes. But traveling to differing venues where power, ground, neutral, heavy HVAC, ballasts, lighting equipment, nearby TV, radio and other RF transmitters, plus other RF (microwave ovens for instance) and electromagnetic spewing items are, this could be a disaster of a mod. All these items can spew interference through air and via house power system I am not saying it always will, but in my decades of TT setup and service, I have seen some very strange things that took creative analysis to cure.
Connecting a ground wire is easy and quick. What really is the problem?
Your totally right, it can cause some weird issues if the ground is looping. It all depends on a person's setup also. Some equipment does require a ground toward a different area in the circuit. There are some other RCA wires out there that have poor shielding that can also cause ground loops. As you said there are multiple factors that can cause some problems but are rare. If I do find issues and a humming is present it can also be caused by a failure in another components ground circuit, or another issue that is preexistent in certain set ups. However I have yet to see this mod fail when done correctly. I have come across ground looping in one scenario when the club removed ground on a power plug to the mixer in order for it to fit the outlet. When my tables were attached a hum was present. The fix for this was just to add a RCA splitter and just ground the outside shell of the RCA plug. The reason for doing this mod is for several reasons. Djs often come across shotty equipment all the time when going into gigs. For example, missing ground screws or damage grounds on mixers, the chance that the ground wire was ripped or crush, serato or tractor not getting a clean signal from the attached ground. The circuit that the external ground attached into the RCA shield provides a clean signal 90% of the time. I have yet to see turntable failure from this mod though since in the technic 1200 the ground circuits are separated to an extent from the motor. It all depends on the set up. But you provided some good information for people!
Raccoon1400 js
Another factor to consider is how you will be using 1200. You'll notice there are 5 wires coming from tone arm - no common ground. When you do the mod you are injecting noise in to the signal. In a club - probably not noticeable. If you're using in your home for best playback potential - probably not a good idea. You could also get in to scenario where you have a ground loop and no longer have option of moving ground wire around. Solution might be to be to add external switch to change between internal and external ground (just a thought - not tested!).
I'm not new to rewiring things but this is more important ha. This is the first time I've opened a deck so any pointers would be great. What is the best thing for grounding?
Great video! One note, I always tin my wires before soldering, because it makes it soooo easy to get things to flow on the install. Thanks for the vid!
Mark, you did a great job of explaining how to do that! I need to do that to my vintage Kenwood KD 2000 turntable from the early 1970,s
Sooooo thankful you had this video. One of my turntables was only coming in on mono, no stereo. So I followed this video (ordered the proper RCA on eBay), changed out the RCA, and voila there was stereo! Never delete this video. Thank you thank you!
Had to do this years ago with one of my decks. My friend offered to replace the RCA on the other one but I decided to not fix what wasn't broken. Now that other one is broken and your step-by-step walkthrough is just what I need to get it up and running again. Cheers!
i know I'm kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good site to stream new tv shows online?
@Elliott Ellis i dunno atm i have been using Flixportal. Just search on google for it :P -parker
@Parker Darian thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I appreciate it !!
@Elliott Ellis You are welcome :D
if you use your turntables at home go for it, if you use them in clubs with big DB keep the ground wire away from the audio cables or you will get HUM low end feedback through the speakers
Awesome, many thanks once again for the very invaluable info! I would say that taking into account the massive amount of use my decks used to get (I now use a Traktor S8) the constant time would be approximately 7200 hours and this is a conservative estimate. I went on the assumption that on average I was probably using them for about 14 hours/week and did this for at least 10 years and actually probably more when I think of it but it's a ballpark figure and well over the 3000 hours in the book.I agree with you on the not oiling part as they're still running smoothly and even the lights work too with their original bulbs. I was always very careful to keep a close eye on other people using them as you'd be amazed (or not!) how people can mistreat them without even knowing so e.g. by stopping the platter, fiddling with the weights etc. Anyway thank you for coming back on my post and wish you all the best!
Thanks Big Pimpin, I did this back in the day, no internal ground, instructions were awesome, thanks Homie!
cheers Mark, just fixed my rca cables using your video
Thanks man. I have a Technics SL-1950, so not using mine the same way as you, but the wiring help here is a good thing for me. Thanks again!
It was about time some one did this type of repair on You Tube.
to avoid damaging the circuit board connections and the wire you should tin the wire with solder before trying to solder it onto the board. too much heat or inexperience and you'll end up buying a new tonearm.
I'm not new to rewiring things but this is more important ha. This is the first time I've opened a deck so any pointers would be great. What is the best thing for grounding?
good advice!
Thanks for the knowledge! Great vid! Music in the background sounded like old 70s adult films lol
great tutorial, easy and straight forward, thanks loads!!
Nice straight up diy vid without all the usual waffle. Good work my man, and dope setup.
Just to put my last comment into perspective, I've had my decks for a little over 27 years now so they've certainly lasted well, their condition was also probably maintained due to putting them into flight cases shortly after buying them from new.
I had humming noise getting from Dual Cs505-4 pretty old unit but still sounds great...now 😀completly removed rca cable bit of soldering plus new rca cable ...tadaaaa perfect sound again just like new no noise
TheIpodziak
use a pillow insted of the dust cover lids more chance of them to crack if you use them
Thanks for this! Just completed rewire.
awesome, just fixed my 1210 thanks to this
I bought Traktor scratch and was having issue in Traktor software.
I was getting message saying Left input not working
I dismantled my 1210 and done continuity test on left and right cables.
I was getting continuity both ends.
I put deck back together and applied switch spray to ends of phono leads. And also where I screw needle (stylus) in.
That fixed my problem.
It’s pronounced R”oz”en core solder, like tge wizard! Not like the flower. FYI. LIKED YOUR VIDEO. GOOD JOB!
Very helping. Thanks for the great video.
Thanks. Just replaced mine in my 25 year old decks
It actually worked for me. Many thank you's!
Thanks bruh. Much appreciated. GREAT VIDEO
You Sir, Know Your Shit.
The ground cable connector on the wire? ... yea, if you still have it on
you took REALLY good care of the deck. (I purchased the 1200s in 1991)
Thanks marky g my technics is happy once again much love
im about to attemp this ... ill let you know the results, and great vid dude!
Thanks for the valuable information!!! Nice job! Good luck!!
Thanks Buddy .. Appreciated it a lot !!!
everything works! thanks for the help mark!!!
Excellent video! Thanks
cool, very simple explanation. thanks.
those arnt grounds , they are neg signal wires . you risck worse hum if you unbalance these screened leads . always ground the turntable away from the signal . whos too lazy to attach the ground to their mixer anyway....
Nice one!! Works a treat
can you tell why is that "self-grounding" needed? every phono preamp, built in mixers too, has an input for grounding, so wouldn't it be better to replace that cable too, not hiding it inside?
Great video, thank you!
Without modding here on pcb, you can also make small incision on white RCA negative plug end - put the loose GND wire on white RCA negative near the plug.
You made a mistake by joining the ground in the white (left) RCA. Some of professional mixer has a balanced inputs. This will cause unbalance in the input levels between left and right channels. It would be better if you join them both.
how to unbalance and suffer ground loops in one quick video
There is a reason why the Japanese built in an external Ground wire....
Your right! there are high end mixers that has balanced input that requires separate ground wire.
Excellent video!
nice video dude. thanks for sharing
Great, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for your efforts. Can you recommend any RCAs?
Depending on application really. My home set up I used some Radio Shack Gold RCA. They are cheap, and good quality. But if your constantly removing, and moving your turntables, I would go for a more durable RCA like Monster wires.
Cool, thanks for the reply
I got here because I have ground sound on my Technics though mine is SL-235. I wonder why Technics didn''t do this internal grounding themselves?
Wouldn't it be better to solder ground line to a three prong power cord? this would require replacing the power cord.
It would be the same. Main purpose is just getting rid of the ground wire that attaches to the mixer. Also replacing the power cord would require a bit more work. The two prong power cord is great the way it is. As I explain before certain areas do not use a 3 prong outlet. Thanks for checking my video!
I see. That's right. I was thinking US plugs. Thanks.
Willie Harris and
great video man thanks!!
so gonna be my next projekt :)
Is there any circuit between rca cables and the tone arm cables? Or it's just a board to hold the connections together? thanks!
Hey will the same kind of rca part (with the board) work on a Technics SL D2?
those screws inside above the RCA/ground section look like 3-star (Y) shaped screws rather than phillips no?
+therealomunit Certain screws are 3-star depending on the date it was manufactured I believe. However the screws are not torqued down too hard, so using a regular phillips will be sufficient. You do not want to over torque the screws during reinstallation.
Hi my friend I have signal problem on traktor I can't calibrate time code vinyls no signal is dead .....what is the problem rca .....my mixer z2 traktor recognized from laptop and traktor but the problem is no calibrate signal
Many thanks Mark! My 1200 has a dodgy RCA lead that needs replacing and this tutorial is just the job!Do you know please if you need to oil the motor mechanism at all? I did read somewhere in the manual that it recommends oiling every 3000 hours but I wasn't sure which oil to use?incidentally you remind me very much of that guy from 'Myth Busters'.Best regards,Paul from the UK
I've had my decks for approx. 28 years now and they're still going strong (other than the lead) hence my question regarding the oil.
I have only oiled my tables once. After that... I don't think I would need to oil them again until I have kids and give them my tables haha. With that said Technics does recommended after x amount of operating hours. I am not sure what viscosity rate the oil is but I have used "liquid bearings" oil (il provide you a Amazon link) I wouldn't recommend any other lubes due to the lack of information I have on the type of oil. (Last thing u want is oil all over the place) there are two ways to apply the oil. One way which is quick is just remove the platter, apply 2-4 drops directly onto the spindle, and wait a couple hours for it to drip down into the motor. This does pose a risk because if there is any build up (gunk or dust) the oil will just layer on top of that. The proper way (which I did) is to remove the platter, unscrew the top magnet (big black doughnut thing), unscrew the circuit, and without unplugging anything just lifting up and remove the spindle.
Wow didn't know there's a character limit on comments... Well now I know. Next step. Clean the spindle and apply 2-3 drops directly. Then reassembly. You aren't oiling the motor because it is a magnetic drive motor. The only thing you will be oiling is the spindle. But let's do the math. 3000 hours is 125 days of constant operation. Depending on your use, if you are playing on the same set for that many hours... Then you must be fucken amazing. But other than that. I would do it once every say... 10 years or so... But to be completely honest... I wouldn't bother. I mean the turntable isn't being played in a middle of a desert, or exposed to the elements... Unless you are in a desert. So the lube shouldn't be going anywhere or building any type of massive debri if it's just in your house and use from time to time. So unless you notice the torque drop dramatically I wouldn't do anything.
Liquid Bearings 100%-synthetic Oil for all turntables, Provides Superior Lubrication and smoother, quieter operation! www.amazon.com/dp/B0064BX44I/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_6o4CxbHGBWCPT
hey dude, any chance you know how to repair the mains power lead?
THANK YOU
You know, I was looking this up on the audiophile end of owning a turntable, but it amazes me how you have your computer hooked up to either turntable, and able to display where the stylus is tracking on one record, as opposed to the stylus on the other turntable. How does that work?
With programs like Traktor or Serato.
Programs like Serato and Tractor uses time coding using a certain pitch on the vinyl. The vinyl itself is one long beep at certain frequencies to ID the placement of the stylus. The program then converts that into a time which can be used to load a song to make it play. Look into it. But nothing can beat the quality of real vinyl. The sound between digital and vinyl.
I agree that pure vinyl is the best, but only in certain situations, I RIPed my whole vinyl collection to 96kHz/24bit wavs during this winter, and than I went thru all the tracks I grabbed in Sony Soundforge. I used borrowed pro grade soundcard and headphones from friend (the card and phones cost more than the rest of the PC). What I found out was, that there are many crackles, even on my near mint vinyls. And I took the painful and long process of removing those crackles manually (no algorhytm).
Those damned headphones and soundcard make u really hear everything. Now, after I repaired 100s of crackles and some errors which are on the vinyl, I enjoy the cleaner sound. So, if your vinyls are really mint, than its better, but with some vg/vg+ vinyls, its not so easy to say. Also, u can get static discharges on ur vinyls. That will be non existant issue on digital. I recorded all vinyls wet, to get rid of all static. U cant wet ur vinyls while u DJ...
Also, this process of digitalizing and listening carefuly to the vinyls on high end gear made me super paranoid to all crackles, before, I havent noticed em so much on my JBL loudspeakers... I guess once you have heard it, it cannot be unheard. But I will not stop buying vinyls, they the best straight up and down. But those cleaned hd RIPs have also their charm... just sharing and blabbling a bit, thanks for the video Mark! :)
PS: I used technics 1210 mk2 with new shure m44-7 needle, than to the Denon dn x1600 for a conversion, outputed it to denon DN R500 recorder using coax (so no aditional conversion) and recorded in those 96khz/24bit wavs at cca -6db. Results are really good.
Hi Thanks for the video! If I have only to replace the rca cables without selfgrounding i just leave the ground cable free as it was. Right?
I ask just to be sure and not destroy my turntable.
Correct. Do not do anything with the ground circuit. Just heat up the solder and remove he wires and replace the wires.
+Mark Gonzales (Dj Marky G) Thank you!
I have another question... It changes something about audio quality beetween a cable of 1 meter or 0,5 m.
I risk of losing the signal on the way? or with longer cables (1meter) nothing changes? Sorry for my english
+MentalProgress At this moment I have never ran into a situation where the signal changes past a 1 meter cable. It should work just fine.
good stuff :)
What about the small 4 wires next to the RCA grounding? What if those go bad what do I do? Not sure if it's those or if it's my grounding that's bad. Was told it's the wires that are bad
Those 4 wires are connected to your tonearm. Usually these wires do not get damage. You might want to check for corrosion on your tonearm. If they are you might want to clean the connections or contacts first. If not replace the tone arm or wiring. There maybe some other tutorials out there for tone arm replacement. Hope that helps.
Yeh that's what I was thinking. Figured the wires probably aren't damaged. Thanks for the info man!
Thanks. :-)
Black ground should go to Earth “E”.
You need a chord less drill and some ‘snips’. You’ll enjoy your work more with better more efficient tools. Thank you.
Hbk gang !!!!!!
i done this to one of my turntables and it lost 50 pecent of the sound... help?
Gotta recheck your work. It's very important to make sure you separate the ground wires when you cut the RCA. Please see the details on the webpage. Also make sure the connections are not interfering. The symptom of "less sound" usually indicates a faulty wire somewhere.
Mark Gonzales Hey there Mark just got a SL 5100 tt got a problem with speed its running like crazy cant slow it down any help on this appreciate it
Does this affect the sound at all?
No it does not change the sound wave form
Mark Gonzales cool I'm doing this to my1200s
some ppl in this discussion actually say "if you use them in clubs with big DB keep the ground wire away from the
audio cables or you will get HUM low end feedback through the speakers" and "I found that the internal ground method resulted in a hum on the speakers" so I dont think I will be doing this mod as I use my TTs with 2kw sound
Just not on ... you cannot use your ground wire as you did. You should retract this "fix" ....
But he has inverted the two channels!!
Both channels are still original, and wires were not inverted during this demonstration. Please take caution when installing, not to invert R and W wires. Happy mixing!
Self grounding the turntable is not a good move -- at all.
I just stripped my RCA cables and the red one has red and white.... same with the white and I have not seen that in any youtube videos. Do you know why is that?
Thanks
wanmomusic can you take a photo and shoot me a message with it
you are freaking fast bro! Bout to upload that for you! Blessings
I believe the term for that is a remote wire or trigger wire. Are these RCA cables you got from maybe a car audio or video application?
Straight from Amazon. Would this work or should I get different ones? I got them cause they were Gold plated
bad advice on shared ground.
NEVER do the self grounding mod ! There is a reason why Technics did not self-ground the turntable !
did you know that you sound like a very good minimal vocal? :D think about doing professional
Don't do this. You need a true ground cable to earth.
Those aren’t grounds for L and R. They’re shields. There’s a difference. If this was the best way to ground the table, it would have come like this.
I cant even watch this hes gonna upset me 🙈🙈🙈🙈
Omg please remove e this barbarian tutorial. How the hell can you put the ground wire with the audio. Jesus Christ...
Do you live with your parents?
+Benjamin Jorgens Not that there's anything wrong with that, was just giggling at the decor
+Benjamin Jorgens hahah when you live in the Bay Area, sometimes it's not place but home haha thanks for your support
Real DJs (pro) uses real records.
you must be a real dj
+Jason Montell lol
+DJ Sacha are you even old enough to be out of PJs?
jcue sorry I do not understand (PJs)
Jason Montell HOO yes since 15 years old (88) i start with passion in a club and try to continue in the same way. Ave nice day.