Hi everyone.
I have only been into vinyl for a few years. Started out with a cheap TT, upgraded to a better one and now just recently got a Thorens TD 160. I love it but have been running into a couple problems. I have searched on the threads and seen some people have similar problems.
1. LPs play a hair too slow and 45s are off, too. The belt doesn't shift fully up when I switch to 45 setting so I understand why 45s are off. From what I have read, the belt may be stretched and that is why it is slightly off. Only a genuine Thorens belt is the way to go, correct?
2. Not getting good outputs. I'm getting very little, almost nothing, out of the left channel (right channel works perfectly fine). Sometimes it will kick in and work fine but most times it does not. I did read the manual and put my soldering skills to work to ground wiring below that was not grounded. That didn't fix the problem. There is no corrosion anywhere that I can find. I have not gotten a multi meter but that is the next step. Are there any other suggestions? I know it is something within the TT and not the receiver.
Thanks for reading....hope to get the problems resolved soon!
I have only been into vinyl for a few years. Started out with a cheap TT, upgraded to a better one and now just recently got a Thorens TD 160. I love it but have been running into a couple problems. I have searched on the threads and seen some people have similar problems.
1. LPs play a hair too slow and 45s are off, too. The belt doesn't shift fully up when I switch to 45 setting so I understand why 45s are off. From what I have read, the belt may be stretched and that is why it is slightly off. Only a genuine Thorens belt is the way to go, correct?
2. Not getting good outputs. I'm getting very little, almost nothing, out of the left channel (right channel works perfectly fine). Sometimes it will kick in and work fine but most times it does not. I did read the manual and put my soldering skills to work to ground wiring below that was not grounded. That didn't fix the problem. There is no corrosion anywhere that I can find. I have not gotten a multi meter but that is the next step. Are there any other suggestions? I know it is something within the TT and not the receiver.
Thanks for reading....hope to get the problems resolved soon!