My buddy's 14 year old nephew told me my turntable setup was all wrong

I've had this vintage Technics turntable since the 90s and thought I had it dialed in. He came over last month and told me my cartridge alignment was off by a few millimeters. I laughed it off until he showed me a YouTube video that proved it. After I adjusted it, the record sounded way cleaner, no more distortion on the inner tracks. Anyone else get schooled by a kid on older gear?

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shane_hayes1d ago

What other old gear assumptions did that kid call you out on?

keith_bennett1d ago

Man that kid probably listens to more vinyl in a week than most of us do in a year with how all the info is online now lol. I got shown up by my buddy's 12 year old daughter on speaker placement once, she watched one video and pointed out my tweeters were at knee level. The best part is they don't have the ego to be embarrassed about correcting an adult, they just see a problem and fix it. Makes me wonder how much of our "wisdom" is just stubbornness from decades of doing it the same way.

roberts.leo1d ago

Haha right! Kids these days have zero patience for bad setups, they'll just look it up and fix it while we're still making excuses for why our speakers sit on the floor. It's wild how much info is just a youtube search away now, my nephew taught me how to properly ground a turntable in like 2 minutes flat. The stubbornness thing hits hard too, I spent years thinking my system sounded fine until a teenager pointed out my speaker wire was basically backwards. Makes you wonder how much of what we call "experience" is really just refusing to learn new stuff.