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Rega P3-24 help required.Right Ch. Distortion

Hi,

I'm was wondering if anyone could help me out. I'm currently having issues with my right speaker distorting and showing visibly excessive speaker cone movement.

I have the following system;
Rega p3-24, Elys 2 Cart
Arcam Alpha 7 Integrated Amp
Kef 104 AB

I'm not sure what entirely is the matter as this only seems to happen on the right channel. When playing back via CD, I do not have this issue, the problem starts when the amp is turned up to high volumes. The Woofer and bass reflex both start to shake and then appear to lose control causing the audio to distort.

Has anyone experienced this and any ideas on how to solve this problem?
slinq
the_smokester
174 posts
 
Another thought: Is your turntable level?
theo's avatar
theo
2,681 posts
 
I would second Miner42, since you are getting excessive speaker movement, it must be feedback. Try reversing L & R
cables from the table to be sure.
slinq OP
2 posts
 
Thanks I will try your suggestions when I get home tonight. I did try a different TT which was an old Realistic 8010 Turntable which didnt have the same issue with the speaker cone visibly moving excessively and distorting the bass causing the whole room to shake.
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srwooten
694 posts
 
Anti-Skate-Left distortion = DECREASE Anti, Right distortion = INCREASE Anti-skate
Perhaps this is your issue.
slinq OP
2 posts
 
Thanks for your feedback, I played about with the location of the TT, and it was just like Miner and Theo suggested that it wasn't isolated properly. I never imagined the isolation causing that severe of a problem. I believed it must have been something wrong with the TT simply due to the severity of the distortion.

Thanks for all your quick responses and helping me solve this issue.
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