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I bought a radio shack piezo 273-073 and I talked to Ben on the iphone using facetime and after i put it in the cartridge the sound was very low. Ben is looking in to trying a different piazo

On a Shure W56N cartridge what is supposed to hold the needle holder to the u piece that the crystal slides in to thanks.

A friend and I cut a piece of piazo and inserted it between the old crystal holder in the slot and we got sound on a record but it was very low. We insulated the insides of the cartridge with pieces of a thin rubber glover wrapped around it.

Hi, The crystal heads are typically much higher impedance and not easily measured with an ohmmeter. One possible way to check would be to attach the head to the input of a high impedance audio amplifier (10K ohms or greater) and lightly tap the stylus to see if any voltage is generated. The head sh...

Hi, Loud hum with the volume control in any position usually indicates dead power supply filter capacitors. Measure the B+ voltage with a multimeter and compare against the voltage chart on the schematic. These capacitors are normally multi-section units. There are some direct replacments available...

A friend and I put the volume switch in and when I turn it on I get a loud hum in phono and radio mode. Turning the volume has no effect on the hum.

No I have a cartridge out of the machine the machine did not come in the mail yet.

I ordered a volume control for the recordette I am working but I also found a machine that has 3 speeds but playback is untested. Is there a way I can check my needle cartridge with a ome meter to see if it is going to work before I get the machine.

I had a friend come over he looked at the recordette. He said on 1 circuit he was tracing, calls for a 2 k resister and from what he saw there was a 10 k resistor

I called westec and when they finally picked up the phone he does not say hello and I say I want to buy a cartridge. I can hear him work in the background and this happens about 4 times very rude so I am looking for a new place to get parts or cartridge rebuilt.

I have a iphone 5 and maybe I could go on facetime with a person with a iphone and show what wires I am refering too.

I found out the green wire comes from the tuner, one wire from that cluster goes to the selecter knob and the other wire that is not shielded in that same lume gets grounded so I can't figure where the gree hooks up. I put the 2 cloth wires together and I get full volume and 2 positions on the selec...

I got someone to read the colors of the wires. I figured out the 2 black cloth wires together power the amplifyer and I have a green wire not hooked up that has the ground shield around it. Does the green wire the one power the motor and what color jumps to the green wire to power the motor?

Hi one of the bear wires goes to the selecter switch, the other bear wire comes from the wire that is insulated in the center. Does the center wire come from the motor?

I found a volume control but the old one the wires broke off it. I figure the 2 shielded wires are for power on off and I got 3 wires left 2 are bear wires and the third is a bear wire that is wrapped around a insulated wire. that must go to the volume control pot but which of the 2 other wires woul...

I got a recordette and the volume switch is broken so I can't tell if the machine turns on or not so if anyone has a used switch I would be interested.

The on off knob is no good so I have to try to find another one to replace the switch.

Angus McCarthy wrote:You can do both. I get mine from Party City.

We don't have party city but we have haniferds I will check them thanks.

Thanks on the solo picnic plates can you cut grooves in them or are they just for embossing and who sells them thanks.

Can I record on them with a recordette