One channel louder than the other???

[autoxer240]

Another thread prompted me to ask about this. I have Shure Whitelabels and I noticed when recording, my right channel is about 2-3 db quieter than the left. Its like that for both carts. They are only a few months old and both do/have done it so I doubt its the carts themselves. Does anyone think there is a way to adjust them so that this is corrected?

TIA
David

[DNAgirl]

Not sure if this is the solution, but try cleaning your contacts.

[Mitaic]

I think that might be it. I've been wanting to cleaning the contacts myself for a while (I use the Ortofon concords); instead, I'm lazy and just have been using the master balance, or doing some post-recording correction.

What solution to use? I don't think my saliva's that great for both sanitary and practical reasons.

[DNAgirl]

I use a pencil's eraser. Saliva can cause rusting I've been told.

[Christine]

Saliva should never be applied to contacts.

I think there are proper solutions out there to clean the contacts, but I believe rubbing alcohol does basically the same thing. These days I always take a bottle of rubbing alcohol with me so I can clean the contacts if I need to.


Christine

[ao125]

I looked around online some and it seems as though the ortofon concords can push back one or both sides of the connectors in the tone arm, making for a less than desirable connection. Contact cleaner (electrical contact... not contact lense) may serve to return the connectors to their normal position. I noticed this especially when I played somewhere where old ortofon concords were the house setup and I tried to use my headshell mounted carts.

Otherwise, check the connections running to/from the cart to the headshell and then make sure they are screwed in all the way into the tone arm.

[zartan]

it's probably a problem with your recording system. here's the easy troubleshooting way: take the leads out of your mixer into your recording device and reverse them (i.e. switch left to right, right to left). Re-record. If the problem switches channels, the problem is in your mixer or carts. If it stays on the same channel, its your recording system.

if the problem switches channels, you need to narrow down whether its the mixer or the decks. take the leads out of the decks into the mixer and switch them both, again left to right, right to left. Does the problem switch sides? If so, its the turntables. If not, its the mixer.

just taking a page from my old IT troubleshooting playbook. Isolate the problem.

[rayon]

I had that problem with Ortofon Niteclubs...for a quick fix I would lick the contacts.

[zartan]

if both turntables are doing the exact same thing, its not the contacts, its the electronics in the mixer or the recording device.

[Matt Sanborn]

I looked around online some and it seems as though the ortofon concords can push back one or both sides of the connectors in the tone arm, making for a less than desirable connection. Contact cleaner (electrical contact... not contact lense) may serve to return the connectors to their normal position. I noticed this especially when I played somewhere where old ortofon concords were the house setup and I tried to use my headshell mounted carts.

Otherwise, check the connections running to/from the cart to the headshell and then make sure they are screwed in all the way into the tone arm.


This is why I dont use Orts anymore

On my old set of tables I actually had to have a small portion of the front of the tonearm sanded down so that carts would connect. IT WAS NOT COOL.

Plus they had corroded from licking the ends of the Orts so much trying to get a connection. This was like 5 years ago tho and have learned from my mistakes lol. DONT LICK YOUR NEEDLE CONNECTORS. (its ok however if you are at the club and they are not your tonearms lol)

Never again....

anyhow- hope you get yer shite workin

[zartan]

use a pencil eraser if they are corroded.

[Matt Sanborn]

trust me that was tried lol

I had to have them professionally repaired

[uberclkgtr]

the other thing to check, if you isolate the problem to your tables, is to make sure that the needle/cartridge is perpendicular to the record. if it's tilted, you willl get one channel louder than the other (and other undesirable effects).