Hi everyone,

My first post, thanks in advance for reading:

I've inherited a turntable which is aimed at DJ's, but I'd like to use it for semi-critical listening of my LP's. (My system is surely light-years away from achieving a quality listen).

The table is a Numark TTX1 and the cartridge is a Stanton 890 FS MP4 Cartridge (Spherical).

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P.S. You're not crazy at all for sticking with two channels! We are Stereophile, after all.

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Ironically enough, "stereo" is defined as two or more speakers, not just two, though "stereo" has garnered a colloquial meaning of two channel over the years.

The Flirtations, "Nothing but a Heartache".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcoBjiY7UfA

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Greetings to all, and thank you in advance to everyone who takes the time to think about my questions and respond.

Let me preface this by saying I HAVE nothing, and all I know I

That's funny. And the old adage, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Or be more nimble with a test probe!!! Zaaaaaaaaap. If I was a good as you in using a meter I'd be dead on teh voltages I work on.....poooooof. Send it back and just say it don't work, play dumb, in your case it may not be playing!!!!!!

So I got my "new" Marantz 2270 serial no 11754 and decided it would be
a good idea to check the DC offset. One channel was at 70mV and the
other was at 30mV. Not bad, but enough to bug me since it seemed like
a simple enough fix. I found the manual online and was first going to
check the voltage on J802 like it says. Well I managed to short out
J802 to the ground (puff of smoke came from somewhere around the
middle cap). I turned it off and back on and everything seemed to work
fine so I proceeded to get the offset to 0 for both channels. Now one