audiophile help needed in CT

i guess this post post did not go.

there seems to be a lot missing info from the record, which i knw well. ( alicia dela rocha's mostly mozart original decca lp. One can't hear the various notes struck within the chords.

i am not sure if it is the stylus/cantiliver on the supex mc. the tracking weight and anti skate are correctly set up. or what else.
hearing is not not what it was 40 years ago, but I CAN hear the same info from a Fasil Say CD of the same Bach Chaconne.

I just looked at Goodwin's site. they do have a LINN tt guy. i am going to call there, and try and set up an appointment, if they have misc parts, and a microscope.

At Goodwin's, ask for Paul. He will probably be the most responsive. Jim, the turntable guy, is a great guy.

Thanks for posting more info. Before traipsing all the way to Goodwins (or even across town), have you:

- cleaned the stylus properly?
- cleaned the record properly?
- adjusted tracking weight?
- adjusted anti-skate?

You said tracking weight and anti-skate are correctly set up. By what criteria? If they were just adjusted to some numeric value with a scale, they're only in the ballpark (at best). The only way to fine tune VTF, A/S and several other parameters is to adjust while listening to familiar music. As a rule, reducing tracking force and/or A/S will tend to bring out more detail and clarity (provided you don't go too far and incur mistracking). Every cartridge is unique, so adjusting to some recommended value without listening is only an approximation.

No technician can do this fine tweaking in a shop. A cartridge will perform differently in a shop than in your home. A cartridge will sound different in your system and room. A cartridge's performance changes with the weather and the seasons, particularly in a highly variable climate like ours in Connecticut.

Unless you're willing to pay for regular home visits by a technician, maximizing the performance of any good vinyl rig requires effective maintenance and frequent adjustments by the user.

Hello fellow CT'ers, I am from Clinton, about 15 mins from Deep River on the CT shore (previously from Balbrae in Bloomfield DougDeacon) I do have a high powered scope and could certainly check your stylus and set-up. Take-Five in New Haven could also offer you professional service and they are very good and have been around forever. Feel free to contact me.
Deep River/Essex is a lovely little New England boating community.