LP Sound Quality

Disc Doctor's manual cleaning system is superior to record cleaning machines, IMHO. You're able to focus on the parts that need special attention, where a RCM does every spot equally.

Dave

Probably your Needle is dirty.

Thanks for all the responses.
Mt10425 prob hit the nail on the head "If you are new to vinyl, I suggest that the LP12 is not a starter kit."
Well... this what I have, it came as a package deal.
Still, if someone could point me to where I can get a good LP & needle cleaner. I hate to dive in on setting it up if it's not required. Living in Wichita the closest Linn dealer is KC.

Thanks !!

Dear Giglr: I think that you already have very good advise trying to achieve a better quality performance. Your analog rig is a lot lot better that what you report.

Other that the TT/tonearm set-up the cartridge set-up is very important too starting to have in the right position the tonearm/cartridge connection wires and like Thomasheisig point out: stylus clean. In the same way that you have to check the Tonearm/cartridge wires you have to check too that the tonearm cable is internally wired correctly.

The feedback from your speakers could cause that trouble too.
Now, if you have a second cartridge you could try it and see what happen.

Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.

Everything here makes sense. Once you have checked it all: the set-up, cleaned the lp's, and done all of that, there is only one thing left: maybe the records themselves are played out or poorly recorded. I have noticed that many lps I get are dead, many in the way you described.

NOTE: I also have an LP12 too and love it. I have found that it is not really very finicky (like my old SOTA), but needs to be tended by an expert.