Very Detailed Turntable Setup for Beginners

Turntable setup is important. With proper setup, your turntable will give you the best performance that it can.

[dickchilton]

I have been an audio enthusiast for over fifty years, and this is the BEST instructional video for turntable set up I have ever seen. I am going to re set up my turntable again right now. God bless this man for caring about what he dose to benefit all of us. Thank you sir.

[Hassebas]

, ,Don't trust it, do it yourself.'' - Basically the best advise for life.

[goforthandread]

Love this guy! Youtube has become so commercialized! This guy is just a Vinyl loving sensei who wants to share his love with the world. No hidden agendas! Keep it up man!

[msingh]

I have the highest respect for a man who advises me to crack open a beer before getting down to the tedious task of aligning a cartridge. Very informative video. Highly appreciated!

[elvis]

Great video. For the ADD impaired:
Balance tonearm 5:50
Anti Skating 8:47
Align Cartridge explanation starts 12:05
Align Cartridge protractor template 16:17
Align Cartridge shows aligned cartridge 18:01
Step by step aligning 19:20
Possibly camera trickery ;) 22:27

[sudhirsingh-sxlo]

Im back four years later to say i pass this vid onto many clients who pop by and get excited on seeing my turntable play flawlessly. Thank you once again 🎉

[mikemmikem]

I've been an audiophile for over 60 years and this is the best instructional video on setting up a turntable I've ever seen. Great video. Thank you.

[ChipWilcox]

This is one of the most complete and helpful tutorials I have found on this topic. I have been listening to vinyl for 40+ years and this is the first time I have actually seen something that explains all these things in plain English. I love the fact that you’re doing this in the corner of your workshop dedicated to brewing beer. These are all signs of a true renaissance man in this day and age. Thanks for making my life 2% happier!

[carelldoerrbecker]

Like many here, I had to retire to find the time to set up my record player properly. I gave my 1000 record collection to my daughter years ago and bought her a cheap turntable combo to play them on. It was great as she started listening and loving the same vinyl music I did decades earlier. Then I started listening to them and the sound blew me away -even on the cheap thing I bought for her. Years later here I am, browsing 2nd hand shops for records and playing them on a vintage LXI direct drive turntable I just upgraded the cartridge on, slowly building another collection (no, I never asked for them back), finally setting it up properly. Thx for your clear direction on this. It was a big help.

[ChristiernAlbertson]

I happen to have the very same turntable, so that helps a lot, but I have to say that your video is the best I have seen. At 86, I am retired from the record business as a producer (Riverside, Columbia, Prestige) but I wish I had known what you teach with such clarity. Better late than never! Thank you, I will subscribe.

[leeriley]

"If it's not the right size, it ain't going to work". My wife says that all the time. Didn't need to hear that again. Damn....such is life.

[lvbeezy]

Thank you so much for making this video. You are an amazing instructor when it comes to learning about Turntables. My Dad recently passed and left me about 400 vinyl from 1962-1986. Liquid gold.

[michelemealy]

Wow, that was a learning...I'm 54 years old, so grew up with record players, but have never had anyone explain all these things in such depth...thank you! I have subscribed!

[RonsonDalby]

Just used the same protractor and my Audio Technica LP120 is aligned straight out of the box. Someone in the factory must have been having a good day.

[pajodato]

Thanks dude! I followed your recommendations, printed the rulers on an A4 page, and I got the pain in the ass. My cartridge was never aligned, and was WAY off, even skew to the outside. It took me like an hour and a half to align it, specially the inner section, but I made the cartridge rock-steady once it was. Not a thing I would want to do every day, but It took off. At first I got a nicer warmy and detailed sound from my usual records. But incredibly I was blown away by this Carly Rae Jepsen vinyl from my daughter collection. Not my cup of tea but the calibration made it. I was on another insane sonic level. My Technica got revamped!.

[kennethaskildsen]

This reminds me of the Joe Walsh video for setting up a Les Paul guitar. It’s so generous to take the time to teach those who want and need to learn this stuff. It’s generational too!

[to]

You have such a calm and sympathetic way of explaining those things. Very helpfull video! Thanks a lot.

[bgnish]

Thank you for taking the time to teach the intricacies of turntable cartridge alignment and tonearm setup in such great detail. Your patience and expertise made the learning process not only enlightening but truly enjoyable. There is no better video on the subject than this one.

[mustard_mage]

the best part about vinyl is the extreme inconvenience

[c.a.n.]

Having just jumped into the big leagues I just scored an SL-1200M3D today and was terrified to set it up. Wanting to always know the "why" this was probably the most comprehensive video I have found that explained everything perfectly and answered all my questions along the way. I am typing this as I enjoy my first LP on this machine after completing your setup and it sounds fantastic and also feel I learned a lot in 25min. Straight to the point and very effective, well done sir!