eric343
Member of the Trade: Audiogeek: The "E" in META42
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For some reason, I just can't get our MMF-5 to even come close to my Arcam -> MG Head (Raytheon 5751) -> HD600. I've adjusted the tracking force (using the Shure guage), made sure the VTA is good (it is), set the anti-skating force, leveled the T/T using post-it notes under the feet and the integral bubble level, cleaned the record with the turntablebasics.com brush, but Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon still doesn't sound even CLOSE to the same tracks on the "Echoes" compilation! There's waay more depth and air on the CD - and the T/T still sounds bright.
Maybe it's the McIntosh MA6500 that I'm using as a source switch? Maybe the Outlaw cables the Wheatfield is connected with? I doubt it's the Antique Sound phono preamp, and the ICs connecting the preamp to the McIntosh are AQ Diamondbacks, which can't be /that/ bad for the price my dad paid for them ($150 for the 6' length; we needed another pair of ICs so he said he'd stop by Magnolia HiFi on the way home - and of course bought much more expensive ones than I would have recommended, since I can DIY ones much better than the barely-above-Monster build quality of AQ cables [have you ever taken off the plug covers and looked at the insides of the AQ cables? Mostly rubber and fabric on the outside...]). Maybe we just need some power conditioning - there's lots of noise and hum when I turn up the volume, in addition to the snap crackle and pop of dust that the brush refuses to get out. (all our upstairs audio kit is plugged into the same outlet, which is attached to a line filter/surge protector my dad brought home from his work a while ago because we needed a surge protector)
Maybe it's the McIntosh MA6500 that I'm using as a source switch? Maybe the Outlaw cables the Wheatfield is connected with? I doubt it's the Antique Sound phono preamp, and the ICs connecting the preamp to the McIntosh are AQ Diamondbacks, which can't be /that/ bad for the price my dad paid for them ($150 for the 6' length; we needed another pair of ICs so he said he'd stop by Magnolia HiFi on the way home - and of course bought much more expensive ones than I would have recommended, since I can DIY ones much better than the barely-above-Monster build quality of AQ cables [have you ever taken off the plug covers and looked at the insides of the AQ cables? Mostly rubber and fabric on the outside...]). Maybe we just need some power conditioning - there's lots of noise and hum when I turn up the volume, in addition to the snap crackle and pop of dust that the brush refuses to get out. (all our upstairs audio kit is plugged into the same outlet, which is attached to a line filter/surge protector my dad brought home from his work a while ago because we needed a surge protector)