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I agree with this, old records often sounds great because the master discs were well prepared - those of a certain vintage will remember fondly George Pecham's "Porky Prime Cuts!"
I've bought some new albums on vinyl which sounds shite - so shite I was convince there was a problem with my system - Father John Misty "Pure Comedy" is the worst. The mp3 downloads sound fine but the vinyl is poor.
First off , a set up disc will help, this will allow you to make small adjustments to the set up to get it perfect.
Then, a reference disc, Brother's In Arms, Love over Gold, Breakfast In America is good, there are loads of very well recorded vinyl to choose from, have a good old Google, or people here can make suggestions.The difference between a good recorded vinyl and a bad one is night and day, also, get a good copy, first pressing, mint , look on discogs as eBay is hit and miss at the best of times. You want something you enjoy and can mentally pull apart while you listen to it. It might cost a few quid but its a reference that you will return to if for example changing a cartridge, dont play it too much as it will wear out and bang goes your reference material.
I haven't bothered with any of this stuff for years, my Logic DM101 sits on a chest of drawers now and my NS-670's are on adjacent walls, I just listen to the music these days.
VTA - I just meant you can try out different angles without having to fiddle about with the tonearm mount.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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I’d pop a better cartridge on it, and get a better quality step up device. Graham Slee step up MM/MC Phono stages are excellent value for money https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F192682713948
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Anyone want to buy a Ortofon 2M Blue - light use only (for three years)? :-)
Be careful of cartridges popular with DJ’s, they will have had a hard life.
At the budget end, there are some good sounding cartridges to be had new cheap, such as the Audio Technica AT95e which can be had new for £35 on Amazon. I put one on my nephews turntable when it arrived with a damaged stylus. Sounded great. Not quite as detailed at some of the corkage I normally sniff, but highly listenable. A very enjoyable listen.
Yup, I noted there will be exceptions, but in general...
Anyway, isn't the difference between the blue and the red only the stylus? They share the same body I think so you coul dhave just bought a blue stylus?
im going to demo my gear against a couple of different amps tomorrow or Friday