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Could there be an impedance mismatch between your cart and phono stage?
Not all cartridges are flat, and impedance mismatch can cause treble loss
It took me a long time and a lot of money to get vinyl and digital sounding balanced. If I could go back in time I wouldn't do it again!
You could try using a different interconnect from the TT with lower capacitance or loading plugs.
First thing to do though is make sure the TT is set up correctly, cartridge alignment, tracking weight, anti skate and VTA all make a difference.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Then consider isolation. Use proper isolating feet; put it on a firm table, or install a wall shelf.
Next consider the cartridge and phono preamp. What cartridge are you using? I’ve been upgrading and upgrading over the years and the sound has got sweeter and sweeter. Denon do an amazing mc cart called the 103 or even better the 103R - if your phono amp can accommodate MC carts then that’s an amazing “cheap” upgrade.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Since going with an active system I've stop worrying about how my system sounds and just played the music
What's interesting is that these albums are almost always pre-2000 and I think that it's down to one thing: mastering. Back then, mastering engineers had lifetimes of experience in mastering on that format, whereas CD was still relatively new. It only really occurred to me when I bought both the CD and vinyl copies of a recently released album and was taken aback when the vinyl sounded significantly worse than the CD, which is counter to what experience had taught me.
I guess that in the time when vinyl almost died a death, the experience of mastering for that format went with it, whereas mastering for digital finally caught up to the point where vinyl had been.
That said, it's always a good idea to make sure your tracking weight is set up properly!
I said maybe.....
Booming has stopped after doing what is now obvious.
Its level
Arm is set up
still need to try a decent cable but the detail from the Carbon is nowhere near the CD.
My records sound much more detailed than the equivalent cd. As well as much fuller.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.