Facts:
- Pumping carried over to the secondary system - clearly not amp or speaker dependent (digital LP recordings).
- Arm bearing, turntable, drive, belts etc - no indication of misbehaviour
- Maybe the leeway in the Hanss bearing plays a role, I will know soon when I get the tool to tighten it (i doubt it makes much of a diff, based on testing so far) - including: if the Hanss misbehaves, why do I see pumping also on my VPI HW19 recordings - ?
- Getting a balanced filter seems difficult. E g the KAB single ended filter would need an extra box. This combo (or cludge) would probably not be good for sound quality, compared to direct balanced.
- I suspect that a rumble filter, properly installed (in the phono stage) might help my sound.
- I see woofer pumping clealry before or between the music tracks on the LP, with the stylus in the groove. This goes on more or less, depending on the LP. The pumping is clearly related to the revolution of the record, it repeats once per cycle.
- When the music is playing and the stylus in working within the music track, I don’t see much pumping. I suspect that this is because the woofer is now in the grip of the musical energetic vibrations.
- However, it may be that the woofers are still made to "work" down below in ways not optimal to the sound. In simple terms, more stress, less peace. Not sure.
- I have a feeling that woofer pumping is related to more listening fatigue. But I am not sure. Testing different records, I also find a bit of the opposite rule - pumping is related to good, involving sound.
- If I had serious "underlying pumping problems" with analog/vinyl, I would have selected the digital source, in my system (since digital music shows no pumping). Yet that’s not the case. Digital music sounds much poorer in my system. More harsh and flat - and not much more "peaceful". Although this may also be due to the fact that my analog chain is better than my digital chain.