Why one side is very much louder than the other si

It certainly sounds like a poor cartridge/wire connection.

Try polishing the cartridge pins with a piece of Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (the white side, not the blue.) You could also try a Q-tip dampened with contact cleaner or alchohol, but take great care not to get any solvents near the suspension of the cartridge.

To make sure your cartridge clips make good contact, slip a wooden toothpick inside each one and squeeze GENTLY with a needlenose or forceps. (The toothpick prevents squeezing the clip too much and flattening it out.)

Dear Dougdeacon and all others who given me good advises,

Thank you all for your tips. I have the first taste of how difficults to get your system right for the modern LP system. In my old times (30 yeras ago), I am using the Lenco turntable with MM cartridge. It is simple and easy and it sound O.K. I have mess around the present system system for the last fews weeks. I managed to get both side of the speaker running, but it sounds so so only. I have some young friends come to help me adjustemt the SME V. It do improve a little, but still far from my liking. If I am younger with good eye sight, it might be fun and challenage to set up my system well with sounds that I would really like. I have well under estimated the difficulty of setting up Turntable system.

I am thinking to give up the venture of TurnTable and enjoying my SACD System which plain simple and easy and convenient and well sounded.

I appreciate the helps from you all and wish you all best of health and continue your musical ventures.

LOU

LOU,

I understand your frustration and you are quite correct. Getting the most from today's higher quality vinyl rigs is much more complex than it was when we all played MM cartridges.

We would all understand if it seems like too much bother. For many (most) people it is. Just one last question if I may:

Which model Benz cartridge are you using? It may or may not be a good match for the Musical Fidelity X-LPS.

Hi Dougdeacon,

I am using Benz Micro Glider cartridge. I know Musical Fidelity X-LPS is nearly to be a minium centre level of phono stage. The reason I end up owning a Turn-table is due to the fact that I sold off my Byrston 7B-SST Monoblocks to a friend. As part of the duet, he trade-in his VPI HW-19 MK III with SME V arm and Benz Micro cartridge. I do not want to invest on LP system until I am reasonable sure it can work out fine for me. Some friends already warmed me that to play LP, it is not as easy as playing digital. It required a lot of attentions and adjustments before you can make it sound right. It required further investments before it sound well. To test out the sound, I purchased a used Musical Fidelity X-LPS to try out. In fact, I am planning to buy a better Phono stage at later stage. With all these problems, I do not think it worthwhile to invest further, because I know I am not able to handle the system and make it sound well. In the meantime, I am enjoying my SACD system so why so greedy to have the best of the two worlds.

I appreciated and enjoyed the responses from the forum. You all are great.

Kind Regards

LOU

Hi Dougdeacon,

I have additional information from my friend. The Benz Micro Cartrige is re-tipped model. He said the sensitivity is .53 mV? My X-LPS v3 have sensitivity of 3 mV for 350 mV output at 1 KHz and Input Impedance of 47K Ohms and Input overload margin of 30 dB. Does they match at all ?

Rdgs

LOU