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Early Faint "Phantom" Turntable/Vinyl Signal???

So, I'm getting an early, faint audio signal coming through the speakers (from my vinyl) which immediately precedes the full volume signal.  It is the actual signal of the music, which I can hear very faintly.  What is this phenomenon?  Is this a TT/Cartridge issue?  Phono Stage?
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noromance
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It gives vinyl its euphony. 
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Thanks guys.  Love the knowledge base here.  I was listening to Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert and the passages are so quiet with so much space between notes, the effect was very obvious.  

jbrrp1
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Yep, Koln Concert is rife with the pre-echo.  I used to think it was all the wax master issue noted above, then I bought some favorite recordings as DSD files from High Definition Tape Transfers, and damned if the echo wasn't still there.  Tape print-through.
teo_audio
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One of the more famous of 'tape bleed through' cases is the 30 inch per second tape lead in on a certain Led Zeppelin album.
lewm
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In this case you got the straight poop, but when it comes to the Internet, trust but verify.
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