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Originally Posted by Jigglybootch

The turntable, IMO, sounded great overall. Granted, some of the records were a bit dusty, and the stylus wasn't actually attached to the cartridge when I found the turntable (long story), but in any case, the records sounded great, save for some crackly distortion during some complex musical passages. I attribute the distortion mostly to the age and state of the turntable/cartridge.

Don't overlook the importance of a clean record. What did you do to remove the dust? Did you do any kind of wet cleaning? Some of the distortion may also be from dirty grooves.