Tea24
07-04-2017, 08:20
I will try and make this as succinct as I can.
Recently I bought a couple of MC cartridges; my first – I had only ever used MMs before.
They are: Denon DL-103R (Low output)
Audio Technica AT-Mono3/LP (High Output).
Now, when I play either of these, after one or two sides they start to repeat as if stuck on a scratch. But they are not; the record is pristine; if I play it with any MM cartridge such as Shure M97xE with Jico SAS stylus or Nagaoka MP-110 with boron cantilevered stylus by Expert Stylus, there is no problem.
The point is it is not as if it happens once it does it every few grooves and ONLY after a side or two has been played. For instance last evening I played three sides of Ella Fitzgerald singing Cole Porter (re-issue of 1959 recording). It played fabulously with the AT. I put the system into standby & went to have my dinner. An hour later I played the fourth side & after the first track off we go with the problem.
I am playing this same fourth side this morning whilst writing this & NO PROBLEM!!!
I cannot believe that it is anything to do with heat build up as the system had been effectively ‘off’ in standby whilst I had my dinner, so had time to cool down.
I have checked everything I can think of, VTF, azimuth, anti-skate, set up, TT level etc and all is fine. The records have been washed on an Okki Nokki; no noticeable problem with static etc.
I have cleaned the stylus, tried increasing the VTF (not too much) but nothing seems to have an effect.
What the hell is going on; the only thing I can come back to is static, but why only with the MCs & not the MMs?
Any thoughts & suggestions gratefully received.
[Just to put you entirely in the picture, the rest of the system is Lenco GL75 with Jelco arm, or Notts Analogue Interspace Junior through Graham Slee Jazz club for MMs & high output MCs, Cambridge Audio 640P for low output MCs, switched with Berenson TC-7240, to Quad 66 through Quad 606MK2 power to Kef 104/2s]
Moderators; I have put his on several forums (fora?) in order to get as much come back as possible – hope that’s OK.
Recently I bought a couple of MC cartridges; my first – I had only ever used MMs before.
They are: Denon DL-103R (Low output)
Audio Technica AT-Mono3/LP (High Output).
Now, when I play either of these, after one or two sides they start to repeat as if stuck on a scratch. But they are not; the record is pristine; if I play it with any MM cartridge such as Shure M97xE with Jico SAS stylus or Nagaoka MP-110 with boron cantilevered stylus by Expert Stylus, there is no problem.
The point is it is not as if it happens once it does it every few grooves and ONLY after a side or two has been played. For instance last evening I played three sides of Ella Fitzgerald singing Cole Porter (re-issue of 1959 recording). It played fabulously with the AT. I put the system into standby & went to have my dinner. An hour later I played the fourth side & after the first track off we go with the problem.
I am playing this same fourth side this morning whilst writing this & NO PROBLEM!!!
I cannot believe that it is anything to do with heat build up as the system had been effectively ‘off’ in standby whilst I had my dinner, so had time to cool down.
I have checked everything I can think of, VTF, azimuth, anti-skate, set up, TT level etc and all is fine. The records have been washed on an Okki Nokki; no noticeable problem with static etc.
I have cleaned the stylus, tried increasing the VTF (not too much) but nothing seems to have an effect.
What the hell is going on; the only thing I can come back to is static, but why only with the MCs & not the MMs?
Any thoughts & suggestions gratefully received.
[Just to put you entirely in the picture, the rest of the system is Lenco GL75 with Jelco arm, or Notts Analogue Interspace Junior through Graham Slee Jazz club for MMs & high output MCs, Cambridge Audio 640P for low output MCs, switched with Berenson TC-7240, to Quad 66 through Quad 606MK2 power to Kef 104/2s]
Moderators; I have put his on several forums (fora?) in order to get as much come back as possible – hope that’s OK.