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very disappointed about my system setup

i need help. here is my system: speakers=decapos ref 3a,
amps=quicksilvers silver 60's, preamps=blue circle bc-3 and
cj premier 3, analog= lp12 with ittok and dynavector mk2 cartridge, digital= wadia transport and d/a.
here is my story. i am 47 years old. loved vinyl but because of life's trials and tribulations was forced to sell my lp-12 years ago. decided to get back into about a year ago. purchased a basis tt, rega rb-300 and grado sonata cartridge with a black cube phono. sounded dry as hell no life etc... so i sold that setup and waited for an lp-12. i thought i remembered how good it sounded. so..... i purchased another lp12 and bought the cj on the high recomendations of people on the gon. it was said the phono rocked. hooked it up and nothing. the tt is set up better than any setup i have had, adjustments to rake and angle, isolation etc... lifeless, very dark, no detail. now my digital setup rocks on the cj or b.c. beautiful sound. 3D. i either need to give up on vinyl forever or make this work. money is an issue at this point. i have spent way to much already. can anyone make a recomendation before i give up ? is anyone familar with the cj phono? i thought about buying a grado just to see if it is the cartridge "it came with the table and looks o.k. under the mag glass.
thanks, tim
bluebottle
lugnut
1,190 posts
 
Hi,

Check the condition of the Valhalla if so equipped.

Good luck,
Patrick
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ivanj
35 posts
 
Which Dynavector do you have? How old is it? (Grados are incompatible with Linns) What interconnects are you using.

I had a Dynavector Ruby once that I thought sounded lifeless - very descriptive, it was towards its end of life so perhaps that is one way to reason....IS the Linn new or used?
pbb
1,140 posts
 
Viridian, Paradigm shift? For the edification of all concerned, care to explain what this means in the context used. Bluebottle, maybe your longing for vinyl is simply based on nostalgia? Maybe your disappointment is tantamount to the shock of meeting an old flame years after the fact and realising she ain't exactly as you remembered? Naw, must be adjustments to the equipment or retraining your ear to get rid of the after effects of too much cd listening (are you for real?), the need for new cartridge, a new arm, a new record cleaning machine, or the occasional poor recording or poor pressing, or ... You know with analog it's always minor adjustments, with digital the system is screwed up from the get go. Thank your lucky star you always have help here so you won't fall off the wagon. Listen to what pleases you, if that happens to be cd, don't feel like you let down the side. Try to sort it out, if all else fails seems you have a pretty decent fallback position. Good day.
lugnut
1,190 posts
 
Pbb,

Are you cranky like this all the time? Or did you just have your old flame stolen by a vinyl addict and use this forum for a whipping post?
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