How to Set Up / Adjust / Balance the Counterweight of your Turntable Tone Arm/Needle/Cartridge 

Excellent video. I have an SL-D3 I'm selling in an antique booth. Someone screwed the counterweight all the way in, messed with the gauge, turned the anti-skate to max and broke off the stylus. I couldn't remember how I'd set up the gauge properly, so this was perfect. I just got everything set up again. I'm sure people would want to see how to set the anti-skate too. I'm surprised you didn't do that. I use the quick and dirty method with a Laserdisc. It's not perfectly accurate, but it's damn close.

Thanks it's been awhile since I've owned equipment. And so I've bought me a stereo and am now trying to get educated again on setting it up. Can't wait to start listening to good sounding music once again

I think you should do something on anti-skating in conjunction with balancing the arm. Thanks! Good video, by the way!

Thanks for this its one of the more clear examples of how to set up the tone arm on my SL-D2.

You are the second video I watched, you are a GOD …THANK YOU🙏

Found my late father-in-law's MCS 6601. Not sure how to get it started. Do you think you could help?

Very kind of you to share on how to do the 0 adjustment of the arm. On the owners manual it says so but the way the instructions are written was confusing me.

Good video! I have a Technics SL-3200 with the same tone arm setup and this helped me double check the counter weight setting.

I’m very new to this I have an MCS 6720 quartz component quartz controlled, fully automatic turntable. I don’t know the weight setting I was able to get it to float but when I put the needle on the record, it just runs across it from the outside to the inside and I’m not sure what they do.

Thank you sir, it’s been years since I last done this Both arms are now set up perfectly 😎 🤛

I’ve had this record player lay around for a while because I didn’t know how to use it. Today I’ve been trying to make it work but the sound is really soft. I know there’s 2 wires to connect it to speakers but I don’t know what type of speaker it has to be. Could you help me out?

Thanks man I needed reminded on the steps this was perfect.

Thank you for this video, very well explained!

This is the best video I’ve found. Thank you so much!

Thanks!

Nice explanation.. Direct and to the point.. 👍

Brilliant video.

Did you forget to set anti skate to zero before you start, then when you have the correct tracking force add the anti skate matching the weight reading i,e, 1.5g tracking weight 1.5 on the anti skate

why was the arm wanting to come right back to the arm rest too fast after you adjusted it? isn't there an adjustment for that also?

I'm having an issue with my counter weight. The only way I can get the tone arm to float, I have to roll the weight so far back that I can't close the cover without it hitting the weight and pushing forward and thus ruining the perfect balance. The weight is almost coming off of the rod that it sits in. Any suggestions? Also, it looks like I have the same turntable as you (SL-220), if that helps.

Thanks! Really helpful 👌

Will not having the tonearm set properly cause my sound to be clear but very quiet? New to Vinyl, usually a digital lossless format guy

Hello, I have a Technics SL - D3 myself and i noticed that the cartridge isn't exactly 90° to the record its a little unexact but almost correct. Is there a way to fix it ?

i have the same turntable and i am trying to make tonearm height adjustmen. any ideas?

thank you so much!! very helpful

Where it tells the weight of the cartridge or to the tonearm. Thanks

Anti skating?

Hey! I am new here to the record scene and I got myself a heyday turntable but when I keep adjusting the tone arm and play my Records the stylus keeps sliding towards the middle with just a small beep noise. Do you know why? I kept looking at videos to fix this

that's not going to work properly because you didn't adjust the anti-skate

I think you should do something on anti-skating in conjunction with balancing the arm. Thanks! Good video, by the way!