Record Player - Phono Preamp cable recs….

Hello!

i have the at Audio Technica AT160 ML on my music hall 9.1, and a few questions:

it is hard to get the correct tracking force. The scale seems to read inconsistent grams, though of course 1 gram is very light.
 

I have had to remove the weight for the anti skate otherwise it seemed to pull too much to the outside. Are there different weights available?

I get a buzz. I will try a different cable feom

the turntable to the McIntosh mp 100…. It currently is an unshielded Duelund 20ga rca. Will soon have a silversmith fidelium. Could it be something else?

Thanks,

richard. 

Buzz can be caused by - you did not ground your turntable to phono stage (check that) and wifi or other source of emi and rfi is in close proximity to your cartridge, phono stage, cables. 

I now have it working with no buzz… but I have unhooked the anti skate weight. Otherwise it seemed to push to the outside….  Is this alright? Or should I be doing something differently?

Shouldn’t be complicated. 
1. make sure your turntable is level

2. use the scale and set the anti-skate according to the cartridge specs

your questions indicate a need for some tools, research and practice

1. level the TT

2. mount the cartridge

overhang

null points

azimuth

balance the arm to zero

arm height/vertical tracking angle

zero anti-skate

set tracking weight

set anti-skate via blank side of an LP

kit: digital scale, null points, azimuth grid

LP protractor, other side blank, watch arm while adjusting anti-skate

mirror, lp thickness, check azimuth via ’opposite’ angle reflection