Vinyl

I'll drink to that quote from K-Scope a few posts up !! Clever find, Jose.

Edited by Tom Ozric - October 02 2015 at 21:41

Off the Kscope website on the SW page.......Love it! 

Catcher10 wrote: Meltdowner wrote: ^ Did you buy the new one as well? You seem to remember every detail about the Rush concerts you attended It's a good compromise between Prog and more radio friendly Rock And finally: I spent two hours configuring it, the instructions were very confusing, but fortunately there are videos on Youtube teaching how to do it. I only got it working after seeing a specific video that taught it for people that doesn't understand anything about it It is incredibly silent, it's like there isn't a motor running next to it, and I heard something I never heard before... static When I started playing the album the first thing I noticed was the thin sound of the needle (I know you warned me about it José ), but this one has so much more sound clarity and detail. It's definitely much better than my previous TT, but there's already room for improvement By the way, it comes with two mats, felt and cork. Which one is better? Hi Sam...sorry for late reply..Just returned from Cancun with my wife for about a week gone.....Beach, drink and good food!! Glad you finally got the TT. Yes the 2M Red is not my fav cartridge, but what it does is get you higher up the quality chain than what you had before. It will give you upgradeitus ....You will want to now know what better sounds like. Believe me, what you have now will sound much better than previous and any upgrades will get you closer to analog bliss! The Project does have a motor housing issue that sounds like you solved it, just Google it and you will see, but it is fixable. I would not use the felt mat, use the cork one, felt will give you more static. Make sure you also pay attention to the azimuth adjustment, when dialed in perfectly you will hear great separation and sound stage. There are many ways to do that, for right now I would use the mirror method under the stylus, again google that you will find tons of information. The cartridge needs about 30 hours to fully bloom, give it time, if still sounds thin, you can try lowering the tonearm (VTA adjustment) a tiny bit to see if the bass improves. Rule is tail down more bass, tail up more treble. Normally you want the top of the cartridge level with the platter. You are only looking for about 2-3mm of up or down change. The humming might also be the cable it came with, may not be the best at blocking out RF noises. Remember a cartridge has a very small output so any electrical disturbances will be picked up and you will hear them. I replaced my cables with really higher end ones from Morrow Audio, whatever you get make sure they are made for TT as they need to be shielded very well and don't forget the earth wire.  Once you give the 2M Red time to break in and you listen for awhile, we can discuss what you might be looking for and I can give you some suggestions within your budget. What a better analog deck will do is make clean new vinyl sound brilliant but yet your older flea market find vinyl sound worse, it should not hide anything. If I was there we could go thru the setup together and I could show you all the tricks.....but I will help you either way. Congrats on the new toy

Cancun eh, Jose??..........you lucky duck !!
............a well deserved break from P.A. no doubt

I would dbl check the factory install, just to be sure. That tonearm should have a white line going down the middle of the tube, it is meant for you to measure the horizontal state of the arm to the platter. Measure the line at different points and adjust if need, with the tonearm on the platter, becareful. Get a ruler and use a cheap throw away vinyl and measure the distance from the line to the top of the vinyl, should be all the same. From there you can play with the angle to suit the sound to your taste.

Edited by Catcher10 - September 30 2015 at 15:30

Catcher10 wrote: Hi Sam...sorry for late reply..Just returned from Cancun with my wife for about a week gone.....Beach, drink and good food!! Glad you finally got the TT. Yes the 2M Red is not my fav cartridge, but what it does is get you higher up the quality chain than what you had before. It will give you upgradeitus ....You will want to now know what better sounds like. Believe me, what you have now will sound much better than previous and any upgrades will get you closer to analog bliss! The Project does have a motor housing issue that sounds like you solved it, just Google it and you will see, but it is fixable. I would not use the felt mat, use the cork one, felt will give you more static. Make sure you also pay attention to the azimuth adjustment, when dialed in perfectly you will hear great separation and sound stage. There are many ways to do that, for right now I would use the mirror method under the stylus, again google that you will find tons of information. The cartridge needs about 30 hours to fully bloom, give it time, if still sounds thin, you can try lowering the tonearm (VTA adjustment) a tiny bit to see if the bass improves. Rule is tail down more bass, tail up more treble. Normally you want the top of the cartridge level with the platter. You are only looking for about 2-3mm of up or down change. The humming might also be the cable it came with, may not be the best at blocking out RF noises. Remember a cartridge has a very small output so any electrical disturbances will be picked up and you will hear them. I replaced my cables with really higher end ones from Morrow Audio, whatever you get make sure they are made for TT as they need to be shielded very well and don't forget the earth wire.  Once you give the 2M Red time to break in and you listen for awhile, we can discuss what you might be looking for and I can give you some suggestions within your budget. What a better analog deck will do is make clean new vinyl sound brilliant but yet your older flea market find vinyl sound worse, it should not hide anything. If I was there we could go thru the setup together and I could show you all the tricks.....but I will help you either way. Congrats on the new toy

That's OK, it sounds like you had some well deserved vacations

I'm enjoying the sound as it is now, I hope it will continue for a while

That's what I thought about the mat, I've been using the cork one. I didn't know about the 30 hours thing but I noticed the bass improved. According to the manual, the azimuth and VTA are already adjusted to the 2M Red. I'll investigate after listening some more.

There's not much humming now but that annoying high-pitched noise I hear during the day obviously got worse with the new TT. Some good cables can probably solve it, or at least attenuate it?

Thanks for your suggestions so far I think you're right about the bad quality vinyl, but I noticed even more the upgrade on old records in good condition: I listened to KC's Lizard the other day and it got so much detail and clarity out of it, I felt like I never really listened to it before. I had goose bumps the whole time

That would be an hell of a plane trip for a TT setup

Thanks

Meltdowner wrote: ^ Did you buy the new one as well? You seem to remember every detail about the Rush concerts you attended It's a good compromise between Prog and more radio friendly Rock And finally: I spent two hours configuring it, the instructions were very confusing, but fortunately there are videos on Youtube teaching how to do it. I only got it working after seeing a specific video that taught it for people that doesn't understand anything about it It is incredibly silent, it's like there isn't a motor running next to it, and I heard something I never heard before... static When I started playing the album the first thing I noticed was the thin sound of the needle (I know you warned me about it José ), but this one has so much more sound clarity and detail. It's definitely much better than my previous TT, but there's already room for improvement By the way, it comes with two mats, felt and cork. Which one is better?

^ I actually thought the title-song is rather decent - catchy as all-hell, great Pratt bass line too. Not the best song on the album, and not at all representative of what to expect. Michael wrote a superb review (as always) of RTL.

^ Man, you're working hard for perfection
As always, good to see quality vinyl selections. I think the new Gilmour deserves the 4th star. It's varied, not a weak track at all. It's different enough from Floyd, though you can be reminded of, perhaps, elements of Comfortably Numb (In Any Tongue) or the jazziness of San Tropez (The Girl In The Yellow Dress). Bless the guy.