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For owners of Clearaudio Emotion

I live in a somewhat dusty part of the world with higher than usual pollution levels ie New Delhi, India.My query is whether acrylic or other dust covers are available for this turntable.If so where and at what price? I am somewhat concerned about my current practice of putting the turntable to bed at night by covering it with a largeish cloth.Given all the pointed stuff portruding from the TT this is not a sustainable long term practice.
My second query given that I am relatively new to the vinyl game( and loving every minute)is whether a cartridge upgrade is going to yield significant benefits.The Emotion is a huge improvement over the $150 Project Debut. However not totally thrilled with the way the Emotion handles the upper notes.
Would really appreciate any views/advice.
Many thanks in anticipation
128x128sunnyboy1956

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gregm
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Dust cover: have one made. People in the promotions business, technicians working with perspex (making signs, etc) can easily do this for you. Measure width, depth & height so as to cover the TT completely, and make an indent for the arm cable to pass through.

Sound: it the TT set up correctly. If so, then the sound could be due to cartridge breaking in (if new).
What arm are you using?

Overall and in my experience, the TT has highest sonic influence, followed by arm, followed by cartridge.
gregm
3,410 posts
 
Sunny I don't suggest you change cartridge yet -- however certain Clearaudio models are quite nice and you get the company's upgrade bonus. Give your present cartridge ~100 hrs and then re-set the TT. Once the cartridge is broken in, try inserting the metal interface to gauge differences.

BTW, you have checked that the arm is parallel to the LP surface when playing? Cheers
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