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tracking distortion on a p5 + rega cartridge?

Recently purchased a P5 and Super Elys cart... with most of my records (new, vacuum-cleaned) I get frequent distortion/pops/crackling in the right channel. Left channel is fine. I need to fix this ASAP.

Is this tracking distortion? I thoughts that with rega's 3-hole mounting I didn't need to worry about alignment when using rega cartridges.

Please tell me the best way to go about solving this problem. Thanks ;)
allyourbetas
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
Please post back and let us know what happens in case we ever run into a similar problem.
Short of a defective cartridge or tonearm wires I can't think what the problem could be.
allyourbetas OP
14 posts
 
"Short of a defective cartridge or tonearm wires I can't think what the problem could be."

Definitely will. Going to see Brooks Berdan (tt technician) on Sat.

Has to be the tonearm or leads thats causing this (I'm hoping it's the latter)... 2 different, brand new rega carts yield the same prob.
seandtaylor99
1,262 posts
 
Did you try unscrewing the RCA connectors to make sure it's not something obvious like a broken connection in the RCA connector itself. I've had that happen to me. I'm lucky enough to have soldering equipment lying around so it was a 2 minute fix.
allyourbetas OP
14 posts
 
well...

Seems that my P5 came from the factory with a damaged tonearm... was not level. The TT itself was fine, as was the cart; somewhere between the arm/table mount and the pivot point it was tweaked enough to make the cart tilt down on the right side.

Currently dealing with warranty stuff to get it replaced. What a PITA.
stefanl
296 posts
 
Yes I thought it was some kind of alignment problem,it's good to hear you got it identified.Rega are usally very good about replacement so you should be up and running in no time.
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