"Slightly Grubbily" Cheap Cartridge

[snapper]

The Japan album currently coming to an end doesn't feel bass light at all,

What's the Japan album,Alex?

[Alex_UK]

What's the Japan album,Alex?

Tin Drum

[DSJR]

"Just when I think I'm winning, when I've broken every door,
The ghosts of my life blow wilder than before..."

[Alex_UK]

OK, well I am officially a tw@t... (I think my new title should be "Chilled-Out Wino & Vinyl Numpty" please Marco when you read this )

So, been not sure all the time about the bass in particular, but it was definitely fine last night with the Japan LP. Able to turn it up a bit today, when I got close up to the right speaker, WAY down on volume, and was sometimes making a really weird noise, and also I'm getting a nasty "thwack" through the speakers if I touch the headshell, or when placing the arm on it's rest. Hmmm... put the AT95e back on, and everything is fine, (albeit it has shown me what a massive step up the Nagaoka is, when working properly as the AT is tinny and a bit nasal in comparison...)

Then the penny drops - in my haste to install the cartridge on Saturday afternoon I hadn't finished the job... I noticed the tags where quite loose on the Nagaoka compared to the AT - very loose, in fact, like they could easily slip on and off... I remember coming down stairs to get my needle-nose pliers... and, ummmm

OK, so let's just say that after the first bar of Love Resurrection from Alf by Alison Moyet I've found where my bass and right channel had gone, and thankfully no nasty thumps when I touch the arm... "Rodney you plonker" springs to mind... Still, I think it is all sorted now, and I can start listening consistently and stop fretting!