The shitty headphones is definitely part of it, but you're also listening through the headphone output. Which, I imagine, is far different than what you would get through the mains.
Odds are it's a dry solder where your RCA inputs attach to the board. Get a soldering iron and resolder them and you'll probably be good to go. peace, c.c.
Before you go to an electrician with your TTX. Unscrew the pitch slider and speed buttons and let them hang out of the table - then see if you have the same problem. Sometimes if not put back in just right the buttons wil stick and this could be the cause of your problems. It's worth checking out. peace c.c.
The Eternal fader is arguably one of the top 3 scratch faders. I prefer it over the Rane 56 fader and equally to my Pro X-Fade. And $400 for a $640 mixer is not a bad deal.
Back on point - I don't care so much that the torque is adjustable - I wanted to know if they finally worked all the bugs out. I had TTX's before but I got rid of them because the motor flipped out. Outside of that it was a great deck. Just wondering if anybody had any problems with the newest TTX's with adjustable torque? Not the older ones/ Peace c.c.
That seems like a long way to go for a ham sandwich. Just open the fader and slightly move the black sensors on the sides to the outside in order to adjust your cut in point. As long as you are gentle you shouldn't screw it up. Just mark the original position if you want to put it back to normal. Once you take off the faceplate this takes about 30 seconds - and the feel of the fader is not compromised. Personally I wouldn't want the cut in any tighter than it is stock. peace c.c.