The anti-skate spring on my old Sony PS-X5 was about half a gram weak and had a max setting of 3 grams. With the new Denon DL-103R tracking at slightly over 2 1/2 grams... I ran out of anti-skate during my final tweaking. Forgot about that when I bought the cartridge. Tried to shorten the tiny, delicate anti-skate spring a bit. Knew it was risky... I killed it... Bought it on eBay a few years ago for a little over $35.00 shipped, so I'm not gonna' cry.

Brand new Technics SL-1200MK2 will be here Tuesday. Always wanted to try one of those... Whatever I break can be easily replaced on this one!!! Boy am I getting broke... LOL

Will miss the automatic functions... Good used tables are getting much rarer and more expensive compared to a couple years back. They're getting older too. Time for something new. I should try to get a hold of that other PS-X5 owner I ran into here and see if he wants it for parts. In pretty good shape except for that one little spring...