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before you buy another turntable, ensure that the turntable is the cause of the problem. reverse the left and right plugs from the phono on the back of your receiver. if the noise switches also, the turntable is the problem. if the noise does not switch sides, the problem is the receiver.
 
another thought. you did not mention if the stylus you are now using is elliptical or conical. conicals are much more forgiving in the area of tracking error. maybe switching to a conical stylus would help.
 
i'm really not sure which one am i using. don't even know where to look up for that information. and yes, by switching the plugs reverse, left channel started to produce that noise. i ordered the new stylus, got it very cheap, so we'll se whether that helps. thank you for your advice
 
does anyone know the technics SL-J110R turntable. it's automatic, i can get if for about 30$. is it cc or mc? does it sound well?
 
technics SL-J110R

here are some pictures of that technics tt i can get for about 30$. i think it has a conical diamond styli on a mm cartridge. it doesn't have adjustable tracking force or antiskating. a cartridge type is EPS-24CS. what do you think, is it a step up from the philips i have with a ceramic cartrigde?
 

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The turntable uses a p-mount arm, a plug-in cartridge system, where all the carts weigh the same so that tracking force and anti-skate is factory set. It's a system that works very well and there are still decent p-mount carts available inexpensively. The early p-mount tables from the 80s (mostly by Technics, who developed the system) are fine. This is a later plastic cheapo from the 90s when quality went down the tubes. I wouldn't pay more than $5, if that. It could need a new belt, and the stylus might be worn. And in any case, an elliptical stylus will produce better sound quality than a conical.
 
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