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Hi all! New to the forum here. I recently purchased a newly recapped and recalibrated SL-QD33 off of eBay. It works and sounds great, except that it's had an ongoing issue with sibilance and slight distortion that's just bad enough at times to distract from the listening experience. I've...

Hey guys, I could use some help. I just received a Fluance RT83, outfitted with the Ortofon 2M Red cartridge, and an acrylic platter...this was an upgrade from an AudioTechnica LP60X I had for about a year. I was hoping to hear some reduced distortion/sibilance coming from the LP60X, but I...

Hello all, I just got my hands on a NOS Sony PS-X50, which I'm really excited about. The owner sold it to me for a great price because the cuing mechanism was frozen, but I coaxed it back to life with alcohol and new silicone grease. I know the tonearm on this deck is supposed to be something...

My current turntable is an Audio Technica LP-120xusb, equipped with the VM95E cart, which I've been happy with, aside from the fact that it has IGD. I've aligned the cartridge multiple times using the Hudson Hifi Stylus Protractor, and have tested it with multiple records, yet the IGD never goes...

Hello everybody and welcome to my first post on this forum. I have been in a battle with IGD since I got into this hobby 3 years ago, and since purchasing a Technics sl1500c with a VM95ML during the summer, it's been reduced, but hasn't gone away. I have many records that play with varying...

Hey Everyone, I am using the above Denon and was wondering if anyone had an idea about the best way to align a cartridge with this tt. I am using a Nagaoka mp 110 and i used the Baerwald protractor from vinyl engine to dial it in. And it sounded pretty good then i checked the owners manual and...

Hi all, I have recently acquired a manual Technics SL-1500 that I'm trying to restore. I upgraded to this turntable from a Technics P-mount so I am still fairly new to the process of calibrating everything perfectly. For starters, I am using an Audio Technica AT95E cartridge with the green...

Hi all. I have a Pioneer PL-600 turntable with a Shure M97Xe cartridge. I am having a serious problem with distortion. It typically happens in the higher ranges like 1500hz and up spikes. Some background... -Happens at all volume levels -Brand new and old records -Different A/B speakers -100...