I recently acquired a Beogram with a MMC 20 EN needle. The issue is that when I try to play a record with it, the plastic part of the cartridge rides on the record along with the needle. You can hear music through the speakers as well as the scratching sound of the plastic. Overall, the sound is muffled and poor. When I put a different needle on the

That was a simple fix - it appears I had the counterwieight set at O, O and there was not enough pressure for the needle to catch the grooves of the record. I now have it set at 2, 2 and things are working fine. I don't know if this is the best wieght set-up for sound, but the needle is playing through the record and then lifting at the record's

O.K., thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I made some progress but now have a different problem. I read the related posts (thanks Cleve) and learned quite a bit. I was able to open the unit up and find that the notorious brass pin was totally stuck. I cleaned the pin and applied some lubricant. The result is that the tonearm now has up and

Thank you both for the information - I am out of town for the next week and will try some DIY work on it when I return. I'll post the results of my efforts.

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