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Basic use of the turntable
With the turntable properly set up, you can start playing records. Here is how you do it:
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Press 33, 45 or 78 - to start the turntables platter spinning at those speeds.
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Make sure the armlift is in its UP position!
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Lift the tonearm from its crib and place it on the armlift, so the stylus is located directly above the
beginning of the track you want to play.
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Lower the armlift and the cartridge will slowly descend down to the surface of the record.
When finished playing, just lift the cartridge from the surface of the record by using the armlift.
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Place the tonearm in its crib.
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Press STOP to stop the platter from spinning
Complete cartridge alignment on your ECG 1 turntable
So far, we have looked at playback and the basic setup and adjustments on your tonearm, when it
comes with a pre-aligned cartridge already mounted in the headshell. We will now go through how to
set up the tonearm from scratch - with a new cartridge out of the box.
Choice of cartridge
The ECG 1s tonearm is a fairly heavy, with a moving mass of 21 grams. It should ideally be matched
with medium to stiff cartridges (with dynamic compliance < 20 (at 10 Hz)) - but also softer car-
tridges may be used.In todays marked cartridges with low compliance typically means Moving Coil
cartridges (and some MMCs). These cartridges should work very well with the tonearm – and our
Electrocompaniet ECP phono stages.
For 78-RPM (shellac) records, one should use cartridges specially designed for that purpose. Most car-
tridges for 78-RPM records have a low compliance and should fit the tonearm well. It is a good idea to
buy an extra headshell for your 78-RPM cartridge.
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