LP Sound Quality

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.

Along that issue, record quality, it makes some sense to order a modern reissue that's highly rated for sound quality as a base test for you system. If you like jazz, the 45 rpm Verve reissues by Analogue Productions are fantastic. The Hugh Mesakela "Hope" LP set is fantastic.

If you've just got a bad LP collection, then this will highlight that.

Dave