No t-tech for me...Just a trad 11rl, or 14rl, in a Cheap Plastic Dispo, turn of the Volume, like Sage says, til it "humms" LOL....And away I go...
Prolly best that way, but t-tech has too many advantages for me, if I can manage to get it workable.




Here is something I found with DKMC, mind you, I say 'I' which means all others might not find the same thing. It doesn't matter which way the polarity is on the cranker, that is to the motor. But if the cranker polarity is reversed, meaning it runs clockwise, I found it needs a kick start (tap) to get going- but only with t-tech.
But if polarity is ok (anticlockwise), the machine runs fine on pressing foot pedal, again only with t-tech. Could be that my power supply is out, or lots of other things not related to the machine, but there it is.

another thing I found makes the cranker run sweet with t-tech is to have top band of elastic running over the nipple. This counteracts the elastic of the cartridge, machine runs effortlessly and less noise.