Counter weights on your turntable...another dirty little secret?

What as piece of bloviated bullshit. I am blind in one eye and my sighted eye has required retina surgery inside the eyeball twice in the last seven years

I had 3 retinal surgeries plus the resultant cataract fix in 1 year in my dominant eye. BFD

I have SCA 3-3 fumble fingers and still do my own setups. BFD

As @dadawada sez it’s not rocket science or I would have to call my son in, a Dr.of Astrophysics. If you feel you need help, pay for it.

@idigmusic64 logic demands paying for a certified mechanic to air up his tires.

Any comments I’ve made only promote self sufficiency, a key part of the hifi experience for me.

The OP was about starting out ignorant (like every last one of us) and then finding help. A beautiful thing.

Learning how to set up your turntable should be a requirement for all audiophiles , included in the audiophile 101 course😃 seriously it’s a skill that helps you to be more involved in this hobby. There’s som many resources on line that can help and the set up tools are relatively cheap. Enjoy the hobby. 

Good comments (some a bit hot ... wait are we on an audio forum?).  OP thanks for sharing your experience, nice to see a newer audio fan share experiences.  We all started there.   My $0.02 is that I agree with those that suggest learning how to set up your TT, lots of youtube videos out there.  Should be able to get the basic tools (digital scale and printed templates) for less than $100... maybe even sneak in a USB microscope.  I realize there are some that are restricted in this endeavor of TT setup, but most vinyl enthusiasts would say the reward exceeds the effort by leaps and bounds.

Set weight to float tonearm, set to O, roll weight to 2, skate to 0,

play tunes, easy peazy

had to hair dryer the tonearm assemble years back, as the lube dried a bit, warmed up, set, good another 30 years.

after all these years, finally bought a blank record. Will set tracking finally, will see if I was off by much, don’t think so. Sounds good, looks straight

turntable mucking is great, head basement, pop on LP, stay close, wife comes, “whotcha doin?”

setting up TT honey. 
 

will you be long, . Maybe an hour, 

great excuse, so is changing truck oil in garage,

music, water, relax, change at slow pace, leaves me alone! Priceless, no naggin, whining, etc. 2 hrs free peace time in garage, me n my music. 
 

-UPDATE-

Thanks for all the comments and the insights- and the well deserved lashings by a  few of the elders, as the table is  back and spinning records again.

I definitely have noticed sonic improvement right out of the gate- the vinyl is very quite, even on  older pressings. Mid-range are bright and crisp. I did a play a wide variety of albums this morning including of Judi Collins(White Bird), Steely Dan (Royal Scam). Coltrane( My Favorite Things Mono), GD( Light Into Ashes) and  others to get a  good overall impression. The bass is slightly  lacking but that may have more to do with my phono stage settings. That  unit is a Jolida JD9 II tube phone stage and my  integrated amp is a Rogue Sphinx V3.

One thing with the  added 0 .5 grams it  seems the Cueup does not work as effectively as it once did- as now it does not raise the cartridge completely off the record as it previously did. 

I will be investing in a stylus  scale and will  educating myself on being able to verify the settings.

Any other insights- along with colorful commentary, one liners, and appropriate memes, will be  greatly appreciated.