Hi Chartz - thanks heavens, thought it was my turntable or cartridge - wonder if anyone has tried increasing the tracking force?

Hi Soren - I took the belt off and adjusted the tracking weight with an stylus weight scale - it is now 1.3g and that has worked! so thanks for the advice. It did however spark another problem - when I put the top plates back in the stylus didn't always drop first time and when it did was quite fast. With the plates removed it drops properly and is damped. Am I doing something wrong with the top plates as I tried without the spring clip thing in and although the plates are not completely level the arm drops properly? But with it in and the plates flush the arm drops too quickly or hesitates?

Arm problem sorted - one side of the spring clip thing was down, I pulled it up and now the arm lowers slowly - not sure why but just pleased my records play without distortion and everything works again

Do somebody know if they're is some general rules about offsetting pressure, Let me explain:

What's the more arming? Too much pressure? Not enough? For the record, for the deck or stylus?

And can somebody elaborate of the issue Andrew's had? How the weight of the vinyl (and even more that precise one) can be related with stylus pressure?