Again, "groove roar is actually rumble from the poorly machined bearings" would be heard on ALL albums played on this turntable. Is it that complicated?
Rumble - turntable or background noise DG LP
Context: Not really audiophile guy. Set up: AXR 100, Debut Carbon w/Ortofon Blue, KEF LS 50, BW ASW 8 Sub. I am a subscriber to LA Phil so I know what things should sound like.
I notice a fair amount of what I would call background noise and sub flutter or pulsing when I play Dvorak New World - Berliner/Kubelik and Beethoven 6 Wiener/Bohm. Both are new DG and "remastered". The sound otherwise is very good but the background noise is annoying. When I play C Botti Vol 1 on Blue Note, or one of the 45 RPM like Brubek or D. Krall they are really quiet. You have to want to find the noise. I have double checked the stylus for proper set up. 1.8 on the nose by measurement. Any idea on why the DG's would be so much worse? I have compared the DG vinyl with the same DG CD's and well, for reasons the defy explanation, I like the sound of the vinyl much better except for the background noise.
Thanks
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@knock1 seems to me you haven't actually been there but if you say so. |
Suggest you take a 'good' record and a 'bad' record to your local HiFi dealer. Explain that you'd like to listen on a good turntable to see where the rumble might be coming from. There is the chance of a turntable sale if it is not on the record! Sometimes traffic noise makes its way into a recording, or even the sound of the air-conditioning at the recording venue. Or it could be a bad batch of vinyl. |
@richardbrand has a good suggestion. The OP should get their own system out of the equation if they think the records have an issue (and I have already commented the DG TOS reissue doesn't have that issue here). Play them on a known good system before putting it all on the pressings is not a bad idea. I still say issues like these are often down to inadequate isolation more than anything. |
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