Quote Originally Posted by fkirons View Post
In my personal experience with hundreds of machine, I've yet to come across a machine that chews up by itself.
Most of the time the chewing effect is either related, to needle, voltage, rpms, high DC (in coils) or all of the above. But first and foremost, technique.

Almost any decent machine can be dialed in to perform. With different types of machines, technique must be tweaked as well to achieve the desired results. With new machines, it's always a safe call to start low and crank up as confidence in built.
Couldn't agree more, technique or the lack of is usually the primary cause of most things bad.