Why does one deck sound louder than the other?? Please help.

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I've changed the needles and plugged the same table into different inputs on my mixer... why would one deck give less output than my other?

I'm trying to put a demo together and it sucks when one track sounds lower than the other....

All advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Eric
 
Eric...a little more info would help.

Have you tried reversing the decks inputs to the mixer? If so, does the lower output follow the deck or stay the same? If it follows it is the deck.
What decks and what needles are you using?
Have you cleaned the contacts at the rear of the headshell (or rear of an integrated cart-like Concorde/Trackmaster/White Label)
 
I appreciate your help w/ this.

1) I have tried put the outputs from the deck into other inputs in the mixer (the ones where my other deck sound fine) and yes, the sound problem carries...

2) I'm using Ortofon Concorde DJ's and they are only a few months old, and I've cleaned the inside of the tone-arm too...

What should I do, get new wires soldered onto the deck? Thanks, Eric
 
First, isolate the problem. Is it your TTs, cables, mixer, or needles.

I actually got these cleaning instructions from the nice people at Ortofon. I had a problem similar to yours. The reason I knew it was the needles is because I switched headshells on my TTs. The same thing happened when I switched them, so I knew it wasn't a TT/cable/mixer problem. I'm using Ortofon Concorde Nightclub headshells & S needles. I purchased a set from an audio store online. One of the shells had a much lower output on the right channel. I contacted Ortofon before shipping them back. I'm glad I called :-)

The gentleman from Ortofon told me to get a #2 eraser (the kind that you'd cap on top of a #2 pencil). Gently rub the 4 contacts on the Ortofon headshell, rub off the shavings. Then get a Q-tip and spray some WD40 on it (but don't saturate the Q-Tip). Apply the WD40 to the contacts on the headshell as well as the tonearm. This did the trick for me. He recommended doing this about every 6 weeks. I think the headshells/needles had been sitting on the shelf for a while at the store...

I see there is an Ortofon member, perhaps he/she can correct me if I made a mistake in explaining Ortofon cleaning techniques.

Thank you Ortofon for helping me out on the phone, you guys rock!
 
u4ea....it was me you spoke with and your description/instructions are correct. Just to clarify, the eraser that comes on a #2 pencil is a bit too abrasive. The softer ones that are available are somthing other than a #2 eraser.

Glad to hear that it solved your problem -:) BTW...like your nym !
 
just wondering.. but is one deck louder than the other regardless of what record youre playing? sorry, sounds kinda stupid.. but i thought I had the same problem, but then it was just a bad quality vinyl that made it sound kinda quiet. hope you find out the problem..
 
TypeSiK said:
just wondering.. but is one deck louder than the other regardless of what record youre playing? sorry, sounds kinda stupid.. but i thought I had the same problem, but then it was just a bad quality vinyl that made it sound kinda quiet. hope you find out the problem..
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