Up and running

Apologies in advance for writing another post about this turntable that I found on the sidewalk. Here goes anyway (with not just 1, but 3 photos to accompany). Reagan surprised me with a 180 gram pressing of Beastie Boys, “Check your Head.” I knew that I hung onto that old cheapo backup mixer all of these years for a reason. Since the player uses a magnetic cartridge, it needs to be grounded. The receiver that we have was not built to be compatible with turntables, so it completely devoid of any terminal to hook a ground wire to.

I tried just rigging it anyway, but it was barely audible. Thankfully, I had an old mixer from a former life, when I  aspired to having DJ skills, complete with ground terminals for magnetic cartridge turntables (and analog pre-amp level meters). I’m sure that Reagan was a little bit nervous at first, with all of the cables snaking everywhere. But eventually I was able to get it all arranged and normal looking. Also, it sounds fabulous. Thanks for the LP, Reag. Thanks for the turntable, random WaHi resident.