Cueing issue

It happens to me about once a month.  The stylus will settle onto the vinyl but the sound will be scratchy & distorted.  I'll mutter an epithet, use the cuing lever to lift the arm up an then let the arm go down again.  Never fails to work.

It's good to know I have company.

@edcyn,

What tonearm are you using brother?

@slaw -- Alphason HR100S.  It's also something that doesn't keep me up nights...

Seems unlikely, but sounds like what might happen if the stylus just happens to catch a speck of dust just right. After a few seconds, or if you lift, its gone. Have you been able to look real close while its doing this? Sounds like might be too brief amount of time...