• Finally picked up a Technics SL-1600 after months of waiting on eBay searches and buying a piece of shit Sony PS-4300 from a seller who won’t acknowledge they sent me a piece of shit. My fault for trusting it was in working order, they just said it worked perfectly before shipping.
    Anyway one question — I’m running these all through an Arcam Alpha 2 amp, and I can barely move the volume higher than 1 as it’s so loud coming through, is there a reason for that?

  • through an Arcam Alpha 2 amp, and I can barely move the volume higher than 1 as it’s so loud coming through, is there a reason for that?

    Are you using a MM cartridge and the MC sensitivity setting on the amp (On the Alpha 2 I believe that's a module plugged in to the PCB rather than externally switchable)?

  • If you haven't already, invest in some contact cleaner, you'll inevitably have some speed issues at some point, that can probably be resolved by cleaned the pots.

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