Comments on: Turnstyles and Record Players - How to? http://antiquerecordplayers.info/turnstyles-and-record-players-how-to.htm Wed, 23 May 2012 22:52:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: mrdg90 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/turnstyles-and-record-players-how-to.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1355 mrdg90 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:32:03 +0000 http://antiquerecordplayers.info/turnstyles-and-record-players-how-to.htm#comment-1355 1. the rubber mat helps the record from not slipping on the platter(what the record sits on and spins around) 2. the weight at the end of the arm is for the amount of force that will be put on the stylus (needle) to the record - those numbers are in grams typically 1.5 to 2 grams should be sufficient - any more and you are forcing the stylus into the grooves of the record, wearing them and the stylus down - also to much force could break the stylus off the cartididge(what the stylus connects to ) 3. 33 1/3 albums are aprox 12" , 45's are smaller about 7" 1. the rubber mat helps the record from not slipping on the platter(what the record sits on and spins around)

2. the weight at the end of the arm is for the amount of force that will be put on the stylus (needle) to the record - those numbers are in grams
typically 1.5 to 2 grams should be sufficient - any more and you are forcing the stylus into the grooves of the record, wearing them and the stylus down - also to much force could break the stylus off the cartididge(what the stylus connects to )

3. 33 1/3 albums are aprox 12" , 45’s are smaller about 7"

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