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Review on πŸŽ›οΈ Neoteck Digital Turntable Stylus Force Scale Gauge - Accurate 0.01g/5.00g Blue LCD Backlight - Ideal for Tonearm Phono Cartridge-Jet Black by Michael Radhakrishnan

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works for turntables affected!

Good scales at minimal cost. The accuracy of the pressure setting of the needle with the tonearm on the turntable was checked using a scale. It turned out to be pretty accurate. If I hadn't received the scale I wouldn't have been able to check. It's also handy to be able to change the stylus pressure in small increments, something you can't do with the tonearm adjustment. A good product for those who suffer from turntables and can be a good gift for such a person. minuses. Poorly written and very minimal instructions (like in some kind of code), although not that difficult to understand with a little fiddling. This problem can probably be solved easily. Finally, as usual, we are forced to spend money on another imported product when that product could easily be manufactured in the United States for the domestic market. Update (if you're really interested). In my case, the stylus gauge was originally measured using the turntable stylus gauge on the arm of my turntable. Then I adjusted the stylus to 1.5 grams after balancing the arm and made sure the arm was parallel to the record surface (usually recommended) when the stylus was on the record surface. I then removed the vinyl record and rubber mat to take the next measurement to record the thickness of the base of the Neoteck scale. This in turn made the tonearm almost parallel to the platter surface, when the pen actually tracked the record. The Neoteck scale was in the 1.5 gram range, confirming that my arm scale was accurate. To experiment a bit, I placed the Neoteck scale on its own on a rubber mat with only the record missing. I measured the pen force again and now the Neoteck scale shows the pen force is 1.68 grams. I then measured (again) with the mat and vinyl removed. Here, too, the weight was 1.5 grams, which confirms the accuracy of the turntable scale under the same measuring conditions. Thus, the pin force appears to change as the arm is higher or lower when the measurement is taken. It reminded me how a setting or variable can change results in the world of platter settings, since the idea behind using such a scale is (ultimately) to get accurate readings. Again, some better instructions might help here. For $39,00 you can get a Shure SFG-2 scale, which while not as accurate as a digital scale, doesn't have any of the base leveling thickness issues that Neoteck has. With that in mind, Neoteck's scales are actually more accurate (or just as accurate) as it's almost impossible to align them on the (exactly) same plane that the stylus is actually tracking when you take a measurement. Shure SFG-2 is also proven and trusted. Also, will the battery run out the next time you use it? Shure does not require batteries. So yeah I have some doubts (after using it) if it's that accurate, as most people think digital scales are. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving it five stars based on price and hoping it's accurate enough. which, while not as accurate as a digital scale, does not suffer from the base leveling thickness issues common to Neoteck. With that in mind, Neoteck's scales are actually more accurate (or just as accurate) as it's almost impossible to align them on the (exactly) same plane that the stylus is actually tracking when you take a measurement. Shure SFG-2 is also proven and trusted. Also, will the battery run out the next time you use it? Shure does not require batteries. So yeah I have some doubts (after using it) if it's that accurate, as most people think digital scales are. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving it five stars based on price and hoping it's accurate enough. which, while not as accurate as a digital scale, does not suffer from the base leveling thickness issues common to Neoteck. With that in mind, Neoteck's scales are actually more accurate (or just as accurate) as it's almost impossible to align them on the (exactly) same plane that the stylus is actually tracking when you take a measurement. Shure SFG-2 is also proven and trusted. Also, will the battery run out the next time you use it? Shure does not require batteries. So yeah I have some doubts (after using it) if it's that accurate, as most people think digital scales are. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving it five stars based on price and hoping it's accurate enough. has none of the usual Neoteck base leveling thickness issues. With that in mind, Neoteck's scales are actually more accurate (or just as accurate) as it's almost impossible to align them on the (exactly) same plane that the stylus is actually tracking when you take a measurement. Shure SFG-2 is also proven and trusted. Also, will the battery run out the next time you use it? Shure does not require batteries. So yeah, I have some doubts (having used it) if it's as accurate as most people think digital scales are. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving it five stars because of the price and hoping it's accurate enough. has none of the base thickness leveling issues associated with Neoteck. With that in mind, Neoteck's scales are actually more accurate (or just as accurate) as it's almost impossible to align them on the (exactly) same plane that the stylus is actually tracking when you take a measurement. Shure SFG-2 is also proven and trusted. Also, will the battery run out the next time you use it? Shure does not require batteries. So yeah, I have some doubts (having used it) if it's as accurate as most people think digital scales are. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I still give five stars based on the price and hope it is accurate enough. since it's almost impossible to align it on the (exactly) same plane that the stylus is actually tracking when you take a measurement. Shure SFG-2 is also proven and trusted. Also, will the battery run out the next time you use it? Shure does not require batteries. So yeah, I have some doubts (having used it) if it's as accurate as most people think digital scales are. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving five stars based on price and hope it's accurate enough. since it's almost impossible to align it on the (exactly) same plane that the stylus is actually tracking when you take a measurement. Shure SFG-2 is also proven and trusted. Also, will the battery run out the next time you use it? Shure does not require batteries. So yeah, I have some doubts (having used it) if it's as accurate as most people think digital scales are. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving five stars based on price and hope it's accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving five stars based on price and hope it's accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I still give it five stars I have some doubts (after using it) if it is as accurate as most people think digital scales are. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving five stars based on price and hope it's accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving five stars based on price and hope it's accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I still give it five stars I have some doubts (after using it) if it is as accurate as most people think digital scales are. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving five stars based on price and hope it's accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving five stars based on price and hope it's accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I still give it five stars based on the price and hope it is accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving five stars based on price and hope it's accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I still give it five stars based on the price and hope it is accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I'm still giving five stars based on price and hope it's accurate enough. about how accurate digital scales are as most people think. Maybe I would have more peace of mind with the Shure scale. I still give it five stars

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  • Some little things