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So I grab a Technics SL-D303 from eBay listed as 'for parts', I receive turntable beautifully packaged but it feels... gummy. Everything moves slowly. Worse: I press the auto start and it brings the tonearm in way below clearance, and then, when I press stop, causes a massive scratch across my reference album.
and I take that personally.
I take it apart and there's black gunk all in the inside, and what looks like earwax all over the thing. I use isopropyl and clean all that out. I turn the machine, and it moves nicely. I experience joy!
This does not last. The arm still does not come in properly. I take the platter off and find more earwax near the disc size sensor. I clean this out. I put platter back on. it works! except there's a loud clicking now at the start and end of the engagement of the turntable. I experience sadness.
I'm assuming this won't hurt the thing, but the little protruding plastic popping up and hitting the disc a bunch can't be good, right? it makes this odd click now both at the start and end of playing a record, feels like maybe it should happen once and end, yes?
and I take that personally.
I take it apart and there's black gunk all in the inside, and what looks like earwax all over the thing. I use isopropyl and clean all that out. I turn the machine, and it moves nicely. I experience joy!
This does not last. The arm still does not come in properly. I take the platter off and find more earwax near the disc size sensor. I clean this out. I put platter back on. it works! except there's a loud clicking now at the start and end of the engagement of the turntable. I experience sadness.
I'm assuming this won't hurt the thing, but the little protruding plastic popping up and hitting the disc a bunch can't be good, right? it makes this odd click now both at the start and end of playing a record, feels like maybe it should happen once and end, yes?