[Orange5o]

It may be time for an illegal smile and try again.

Oh that was around step 3 if I recall

 

[Balthazar B]

I think Jot 2 would be on LAST CALL if a Jot 3 was imminent.

I'd guess Valhalla 3 before Jot 3.

 

[theeclone]

It may be time for an illegal smile and try again.

Or maybe write to Dear Abby for further advice.

 

[bcowen]

Welp it's not the anti skate

Could be the cartridge or the stylus. Do you have a magnifier strong enough to look at the stylus? Not unheard of for a stylus to become detached. Try increasing tracking force to 2 grams just to see if there’s any difference.

 

[mystaiced]

Welp it's not the anti skate

How many hours on the stylus? This a tough nut to crack. At least Rega has a lifetime warranty on the Exact cartridge

 

[Orange5o]

335 hours, stylus visually looks good. Will try tracking force, but I do have a local dealer I could have take a look. Just wanted to crowd source that I didn't miss anything obvious

 

[Orange5o]

Plus, I've been eyeing the Ania, maybe I just upgrade

 

[sam6550a]

I’d hope there’s an alternative option. I wouldn’t want to give my hard earned money to “him”

I would suggest that you investigate a corporation for their benefit to you rather than their political views. Since Starlink is a corporation, one individual does not dictate the path of a corporate entity.

 

[sixergixer]

Locked and loaded for sandworm. Good luck to us all!

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Hazy IPA w/ Strata, Simcoe, and Nectaron hops. 7.2%

 

[33na3rd]

ok, checking to see if anyone can check and see if i missed anything in my troubleshooting path: recently experienced some distortion in the right channel listening to a new record during the louder vocal passages (John Prine debut album). here is what i've tried so far:

1. thought maybe it was the record, and actually got Acoustic Sounds to send a replacement disc (it was Analogue Productions 45 edition, so this was not likely); same issue. Also, disc was cleaned on vacuum, then ultrasonic. it's not the disc.
2. thought maybe it was the passage, so played the flac file through same system, no issues.
3. thought maybe it was speaker setup chain (i run vinyl setup and digital setup to loki max), so tried headphones, same distortion, ruling out the speakers or post-loki chain portion
4. thought maybe it was the tube pre-amp, but swapped out the 12AU7's and 12AX7's in shifts to known good tubes. same distortion, not the tubes
5. checked all connections, but have not swapped cables (since it doesn't present on the digital chain, this at least narrows down to cables to the pre and from there to the loki
6. cleaned stylus with onzow and used the magnifying glass thingy to visually inspect the stylues, looks good
7. checked tracking force for the Exact cartridge, i'm at 1.79, good there

did i miss a step or am i down to the connection swap and stylus swap?

Is this distortion evident across the LP, or when the arm gets closer to the label?

Rega anti-skate is notoriously inaccurate. You can't trust the scale on the arm. I'm not bad mouthing the Rega, I have one too. Check out The Sound-Smith method for setting anti-skate.

https://www.sound-smith.com/antiskating

 

[mystaiced]

Anyone know how to comment on the live stream on YouTube? I was able to like it, but there is no option to comment

Nevermind. Had to get the app

 

[Ohno Schiitizen]

 

[Ohno Schiitizen]

Jason said Aegir 2 with Halo.

 

[Orange5o]

Is this distortion evident across the LP, or when the arm gets closer to the label?

Rega anti-skate is notoriously inaccurate. You can't trust the scale on the arm. I'm not bad mouthing the Rega, I have one too. Check out The Sound-Smith method for setting anti-skate.

https://www.sound-smith.com/antiskating

I will check this out, thanks!

The most evident distortion comes in the middle song, not inner.

 

[Ohno Schiitizen]

Jason also said a tube phono pre will come.