MetalDaze
Active Member
As the title states this is my current turntable. I really would like to upgrade but that will have to wait until the finances agree. This table has been OK so far save the usual gripes (anti-skate, preamp etc). I’m using a Cambridge phono stage and all my wax sounds pretty good. The table is level as can be, tracking at 2.0g (scale measured) and it’s set to .325g antiskate. I’ve aligned the cart with a Hudson Hifi tool as well as checked the overhang using An arc protractor I printed from another member. The stylus was right on parallel and the overhang was as close as it could be to my eye. There is Relatively new AT95E stylus on it and there’s a cork slip mat as well.
Last night I put on an Aphex Twin LP I picked up not long ago. This is a 12 inch 45 RPM record. I lisented to it on a friends set up (same TT) the day I bought it and it sounded ok, but it was late and I wasn’t listening critically. I decided to use my Walsh 2’s for the hell of it and put the preamp in direct mode. I barely had the volume past 30% and the sound was just awful. Anything above a certain frequency was distorded and had an ungodly amount of siblance. Upping the tracking force to 2.5g reduced this slightly but it was still crap. I became alarmed and rechecked everything, decided to put back on Led Zeppelin ITTOD and it sounded fine. What gives? Any ideas are appreciated. Also regular 45’s sound okay so is there just too much information in a 12” 45rpm for the Cart?
Last night I put on an Aphex Twin LP I picked up not long ago. This is a 12 inch 45 RPM record. I lisented to it on a friends set up (same TT) the day I bought it and it sounded ok, but it was late and I wasn’t listening critically. I decided to use my Walsh 2’s for the hell of it and put the preamp in direct mode. I barely had the volume past 30% and the sound was just awful. Anything above a certain frequency was distorded and had an ungodly amount of siblance. Upping the tracking force to 2.5g reduced this slightly but it was still crap. I became alarmed and rechecked everything, decided to put back on Led Zeppelin ITTOD and it sounded fine. What gives? Any ideas are appreciated. Also regular 45’s sound okay so is there just too much information in a 12” 45rpm for the Cart?