Spend a few bucks on a cartridge scale. The $20 Shure is fine. Spend $50 on the MoFi Geo-Disk. Read the directions. Follow the directions. Learn. Save. What's not to like?
Seriously, its not hard.
Watch Fremer on YouTube. Except when he goes into all the gadgets he loves but you don't need. Watch mostly because Fremer is fun, and also to see how easy it is, and also because this is one of those things that's a whole lot easier to follow watching someone do it vs reading about it.
Main points- do this on a nice clean well lit kitchen table, with plenty of time (an hour at least, even though it will take maybe half that) and with a few little tricks even Fremer doesn't know (but I sure do!)
Tape the platter so it doesn't move. Place a Q-tip on the record. Position the Q-tip between the cartridge and the platter. This will prevent the cartridge from going too low, eliminating the #1 risk of damage.
That's it. Watch Fremer. He has at least 2 full videos on YouTube. Its just not that hard. He makes that point over and over again.
Seriously, its not hard.
Watch Fremer on YouTube. Except when he goes into all the gadgets he loves but you don't need. Watch mostly because Fremer is fun, and also to see how easy it is, and also because this is one of those things that's a whole lot easier to follow watching someone do it vs reading about it.
Main points- do this on a nice clean well lit kitchen table, with plenty of time (an hour at least, even though it will take maybe half that) and with a few little tricks even Fremer doesn't know (but I sure do!)
Tape the platter so it doesn't move. Place a Q-tip on the record. Position the Q-tip between the cartridge and the platter. This will prevent the cartridge from going too low, eliminating the #1 risk of damage.
That's it. Watch Fremer. He has at least 2 full videos on YouTube. Its just not that hard. He makes that point over and over again.