Turntable Problems


Hey guys, I had some misfortune with my Music Hall MMF-5, my little boy pulled it off my stand along with my Creek OBH-15 preamp, the turntable hit the ground and of course my stylus hit the top of the plinth. When i got it all put back together, and put an album on, I was getting a whole lot of hum, and could barely hear the music playing. I plugged my turntable into my other preamp (with built in phono stage) and was hearding the same hum, so i figure it's the turntable, not the preamp. Does this sound like, maybe the stylus broke off the cart. or something else ?? Any opinions or help would be appreciated. thanks.

Reade.
readster
Could be the wiring related, possible within the tone-arm? Did he pull it off by any of the cables?

Does he get a sizable allowance???
Well I took the tone arm off, and looked at the wires, everything looked in place, but when i looked at the cartridge, it's hard to tell if the stylus is still attached.
Try a 10x Magnifing Loop, to identify if there is Stylus damage. You can score a really great Zeiss optics jewlers Loop on ebay sometimes for $10.00. Comes in very handy as our vision diminishes. And stop playing records till you can see the possible damage.

Good Luck!