Turntable giving out too much treble.

thelostpatrol · 4th April 2007, 05:48 AM

Hello

I have a Numark TT200 table and a cheap little no-name preamp that hooks into my mini system. When I play music, most of it sounds great, until it gets to the more noisy parts of the songs. Then, the vocals, especialy S and T sounds, as well as some of the cymbal work, will sound distorted. I don't know much about vinyl yet so I don't know if it's the preamp or what.

Any ideas?

EC8010 · 4th April 2007, 09:05 AM

It's the stylus mistracking and damaging the record. That could be because:

The stylus is dirty (carefully clean with isopropyl alcohol and soft brush).
The stylus is worn (replace).
The arm/cartridge is poorly set-up (do a search and find out how to set up an arm/cartridge).
The cartridge is rubbish (replace with something better).
The arm AND cartridge are rubbish (buy decent cartridge but make crude-looking but perfectly functional wooden arm - do search).

Finally, it could just be the electronics, but it's unlikely...

Oh, and welcome to the forum.

thelostpatrol · 5th April 2007, 12:49 AM

Thank you for your input. I'll get on the issue ASAP and I'll try to avoid using the records that I like to test this out.

4th April 2007, 05:48 AM	#1
thelostpatrol diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2007	Turntable giving out too much treble. Hello I have a Numark TT200 table and a cheap little no-name preamp that hooks into my mini system. When I play music, most of it sounds great, until it gets to the more noisy parts of the songs. Then, the vocals, especialy S and T sounds, as well as some of the cymbal work, will sound distorted. I don't know much about vinyl yet so I don't know if it's the preamp or what. Any ideas?

4th April 2007, 09:05 AM	#2
EC8010 diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Near London. UK	It's the stylus mistracking and damaging the record. That could be because: The stylus is dirty (carefully clean with isopropyl alcohol and soft brush). The stylus is worn (replace). The arm/cartridge is poorly set-up (do a search and find out how to set up an arm/cartridge). The cartridge is rubbish (replace with something better). The arm AND cartridge are rubbish (buy decent cartridge but make crude-looking but perfectly functional wooden arm - do search). Finally, it could just be the electronics, but it's unlikely... Oh, and welcome to the forum. __________________ The loudspeaker: The only commercial Hi-Fi item where a disproportionate part of the budget isn't spent on the box. And the one where it would make a difference...

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5th April 2007, 12:49 AM	#3
thelostpatrol diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2007	Thank you for your input. I'll get on the issue ASAP and I'll try to avoid using the records that I like to test this out.

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