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really good to have you making videos for the channel again! I couldn't hear much of a difference but that's ok - still enjoyed it.

I've got 1200GR with AT33PTG/ii - great pair, maybe best cart for this table. However, I recommend to use better phono preamp with it. I'm using Teac 505-PE, it makes soundstage super wide.

Can’t say I hear a massive difference, Technics seems a bit wider in the sound-stage, but they both sound great. I wasn’t familiar with the album, but I’ll be checking it out. Happy you are back, my vinyl cleaning setup thanks you!

Good to have you back Ben. as I listened to the two TT it became obivious that there was an intermittant change in rotational speed from the beltdrive TT. it was most notable on Trevor's guitar transsistions.

Greetings, it's good to have him back. I'm sorry for your loss.

Hey Ben, So very sorry for your loss and for life's challenges but I'm glad you're back. Both turntables sounded great and I'm hoping to grab the LP-7 this year and start swapping carts. I'm also a Robin Trower fan. He's one of those O.G. innovators that doesn't get enough respect. One question; You've had the 7 for awhile now; how would you rate the tonearm?

Ben what was causing the noise on the old motor. Maybe servicing it will fix the problem and you will have a spare good motor.

Hi Ben. So, what I could hear on my system was that the Technics had a little better clarity and resolution. The LP-7 had more low end punch. I agree that Robin Trower is one of the greatest guitar players out there today. You should listen to another great guitarist that’s very underrated. That is Rory Gallagher.

literally no difference or it's so small you can't even hear it

Hey Ben sorry to hear about your mom pasing. I was wondering if everything was ok. I found your page a year or 2 ago and was not sure if you still uploading still. Good to see your back.

welcome back always enjoyed your videos

Highly impressed with the way you carried out these comparisons!

Please don’t run your system at 120 dBA, even for short periods. You will get tinnitus like me. I’m 70 and it really affects your music listening and your life in general.

Ben, I would love you see you explain VTA setup in detail. I have the gauge, know how to adjust it and where the screws are. I just have no real idea of how to use the gauge and how to know when the adjustments are right. I can't find any detailed TH-cam guide. Basically I know how to raise or lower the tonearm but not if it's too high, low or correct. I have a Pro-Ject RPM 5 Carbon with a Ortofon 2m Black LVB 250. (Though I think any turntable you have with a step by step instructions will help me greatly. Even if you don't make a video it's great to see you back.

Very cool to see the pops resale mat, fellow Lexington audiophile?

The AT just pummels the 2m black, the clarity and naturalness of the AT is amazing, it sounds like real music in comparison. I’ve ordered one 👍🏻 thanks for sharing this.

If Audio Technica would just build Turntables like they do Cartridges and Needles...IMO there TT are cheaply built.

Put some grease on that thing and welcome back there Ben

Hey Ben WELCOME BACK!! It's great to see you again!! I've been looking at the 7 for awhile .Motor issues?? How can it be so cheap on such an expensive (to me) table?

Welcome back!

Woke up today to a huge surprise! Thanks Ben - Welcome back!

Happy New Year man!! good to see you back

Welcome back Ben! Good to see you again and a Happy New Year. Looking forward to another video.

Beens Back, Yea!

To me the only thing that changed was the lower end like bass or bass drum kick

Ben, do you think Tergikleen is better than Vinyl Vac solution? I really like VV solution, never tried Tergikleen. Thanks!

I think there's little green or grayISH men riding around in flying turntable like discs made of weather balloon materials enabling these Objects to trac & Skate much faster than the speed of Sound but they are Silent.

Out of the 3, which would you say eliminated the clicks and pops most?

Hi! I have the MoFi UltraDeck with the MasterTracker cartridge. Do I need to use a mat, since it has a Dalrin platter and they say that you don’t need a mat for this turntable? Someone is using the Wooden Bull Leather and Cork mat. I’m not sure if I should use one or not. And if so, what adjustments should I make on the tonearm? Thank you!

1 Hudson rubber 2 achromat 3 technics rubber

I am a big believer in using magic eraser to and then finish off with my 1970's Discwasher stylus brush.

The old 1970's Discwasher beautiful wooden handle with the mirror on the back stylus brushes are the shizaz! I use mine daily. I have checked my stylus under a jewelers loop after using and that old tech brush is still hands down awesome for cleaning stylus's.

It appears you are picking up polymer leftovers from record sleeves which is commonly known as ghosting from polymer record sleeve's leaching into to said records after a many years of storage. Sometimes the leaching can be so bad it ruins the playability of said records permanently. There area lot of folks opening 15 plus year old albums now because of this. It is one thing to have sealed records but if they are getting damaged what is the point. There is a certain window of polymer sleeves that were being used in said era. I do not know this correct timeline off the top of my head right now.

The main way to test cartridges is to keep the cantilever material and stylus diamond profile equal across all designs tested. If you compare a cheaper cartridge with lesser quality cantilever and stylus profile with a more expensive one with with higher quality cantilever and stylus profile then the results will be skewed. Test all cartridges with nude tapered boron cantilevers and micro-linear styluses, then you can determine which design sounds better.

molti dicono che il miglior sistema è quello dell'accessorio technics che da anche l'overhang a 52mm

This test was a bit impossible to tell, I think some people might be imagining some things. The Acrylic to me sounded slightly more open...BUT, unless you are playing the same cut over and over for each mat instead of just going through the music which is changing from one mat to the other, it would be nearly impossible to hear the differences because you have nothing to compare any of the mats with that is consistent. With that being said, I have the stock rubber mat, a cork mat, and a Hudson HiFi Acrylic mat, and at home, I could immediately hear the difference that made the Acrylic mat just stand out from the others by a wide margin. But, in your video presentation that difference that I got at home I can barely tell anything on this video. A lot of that might have to do with I have just regular TH-cam, which is not the best sound format to be trying to critically listen to music, whereas some of you might be listening with TH-cam Music Premium thus can hear more subtleties than I can. But again, I keep going back to not hearing the same cut being played over and over for each mat, and for me that presents a problem.

I was going to buy the 2m Black, but now I’m thinking maybe I should go for the AT33PTG/II😊

The original Technics thin slipmat that came with SL-1200mk7 does a pretty decent job. It's not like cheap sloppy slipmat, it's not particularly bendy and it controls the static pretty well. I mean, it sometimes wants to cling onto record but the record itself remains mostly free of static when lifted unlike Technics 6mm thick rubber mat which caused quite heavy static crackling.

Ben, i don't know why you have been missing in action, but if you can return, that would be great. i hope you are well and just are on a hiatus from this endeavor for constructive reasons. c'mon back.

All sounds the same to me. I think it's placebo effect.

I'm surprised by the performance difference here. Noticeable jumps in resolution.

At33ptg hands down better. More musical, sweet sound, don't know how to describe it...but pleasant to my ears

This is exactly the demo I needed!! To my ears, the differences were extremely subtle... in fact I kept jumping down to read the comments, I'd hear a "cut," guess which material we were on now, scroll up... and I don't think I was right once. 😂 It's reassuring because the test suggests that maybe I can squeeze a tiny bit more coloration of the sound out of my system with a particular material... but no matter what I use, it's not going to "ruin" the sound. I don't need to go donate plasma to get the latest, greatest material for my turntable.

Hi Ben 👋 I know life has a habit of getting in the way sometimes, but I can see I’m not alone in missing your videos. They were truly excellent. Fantastic comparisons that were recorded well enough to actually tell a difference. Hope you’re doing well, Ben. 🔊✌️🎶

Amazing

I don’t hear any differences. I’ve tried numerous mats. I just like them for their aesthetics.

I was swayed to the 2M black when it came to a cartridge for my rebuilt Transcriptor Hydraulic Reference, SME3009s2 combo. There was no way I was fitting anything square on the end of that arm, on that turntable :).

There is less than 1% difference between mats. Lol.

Thanks a lot! We don't want any fat and ugly sound 🙂 I have the SL-1200GR and being a newbie on the compliance thing, I need to check some recent purchases and certainly before the next purchase. I watched the Italian TH-cam dude take a wack at explaining this and had to check out before the end, but with one and a half of these tutorials under my belt, I think I got it.

Don't use only the original Technics plastic gauge but also the Stevenson protractor because the plastic one does well its job only in ideal position/ distance of tonearm from spindle. When you move the height of tonearm base up and down the tonearm moves slightly to right or left from ideal position so paper protractor let you to check and compensate. Then mind attention: all checks and settings must be done with antiskating set to zero to protect the cantilever and stylus. After alignments reset again the antiskating. For best sound set always the antiskating a little lower then tracking force.