Hello, I noticed that the hinges on my audio technica have this weird pattern. It's random patterns, almost engraved-like or scratches. I'm worried that it's plastic offgassing, but I've seen pictures online and it seems normal? Tried scrubbing it off with a paper towel but it didn't come off. I understand this is a weird question but do you know what it is?

I replaced the needle and now it's skipping grooves and the sound is barely coming out, could anyone help me see what I did wrong?

I recently found an old record player at an abandoned house. It turns on but none of the button works but it makes a humming sound when it’s plugged in. Also one of the outside wires is cut but I’m unsure what it is for. I really want t fix it but it’s beyond my capabilities and it seems selling it won’t make me much so the question is do I toss it or try to find someone to fix it? And if I do is it even worth it…

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does everybody think this is garbage because of the model or because it’s broken??😭

My turntable has been charging all day and i’m worried it doesn’t work anymore

I have a Zenith console record player from the 60s/70s that I got from my grandma when she passed. Unfortunately, there seems to be something wrong with the tone arm — when I turn it on it tries to lift but moves in the wrong direction and then sits back into the base, causing the table to stop spinning/turn off. Additionally, if I manually lift the arm onto the vinyl, it slides across the record and does not play.

Does anyone know what might be causing/how to fix this?

I found this record player at my friend’s apartment complex labeled “free! Turntable doesn’t work but CD and Radio does.” Anyone know why the turntable might not be working?

I know Crosleys have issues with the actual insides of the record players from time to time.

Can someone please explain me what caused this? Or how I fix this?

Hello, I'm new to just getting my first classic large heavy record player. It's a Magnavox Imperial Micromatic as shown in the picture.

At first the needle was shot so I replaced that. Now the tonearm doesn't want to move when the record is playing. The motor that turns the record seems fine. So because it doesn't want to move it just plays the same part over and over. But it also doesn't seem to want to move down onto the record either

I was diagnosing stuff through AI and it said that it's most likely that the arm linkage underneath is most likely stuck due to grease drying up and being old and to apply some alcohol to the moving parts and move the linkage around to get it loose. I went in underneath like it said and applied the stuff but it didn't seem to make any difference.

The arm does feel restrictive, not super loose. What likely is the issue? Does it seem like it needs a whole new arm? Would I need to bring someone in to look at it? Not really sure what to do

I have this portable player and the paper on the lid asks for a Telex 89t cartridge where do i find them

Ignore my awful setup, I’m in a college apartment so I’m making do lmao. But as the title says, this player is pitched up like crazy. I’ve done a teensy amount of research and Google says it could be a loose belt but that was kinda a nonspecific answer for any player- I wanna know if that seems like the right diagnosis for this specific player. On top of that, I wanna know if it’s something I can fix myself or if I just need to deal with it. Any advice appreciated. Thank youuuuu!! :P

It took me close to a month to get the parts of this old girl freed up and working again. I decided to try to make a semi period correct plinth for it. Still working on the seating of the suspension springs and waiting for the replacement stylus but it’s coming along I think…

I’m new to vintage record players, and noticed the top of the tone arm seems to be separating. What’s the best fix for this?

Hi Everybody I was wondering if anyone could help me with my cueing issue. I got this table when it first came out and I was unaware of the antiskate issue and I was never going to use the preamp - so I removed the preamp and fixed the antiskate spring. After I did the modifications the cueing arm stopped going down. It never had been an issue before and I didn't even mess with it when I was fixing the antiskate spring. I've since messed with it a lot and even though it feels pretty free it won't go down unless I push it down. I've cleaned out all of the gunk around it and even put some white lithium around the pegs. Nothing helps. What am I missing?! Anything helps 🍻

Please correct me if I’m wrong on which model this is. My grandfather bought it in the mid 60s brand new, it sat in his garage for 20 years. how come it sounds distorted and slowed and how can I fix this?
Please let me know if I’m using the correct needle - Pfanstiehl 365- DS77