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Is this too much noise for a budget turntable..
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Just breaking in my Project Debut 3 turntable. Nice sound but there is
a lot of turntable noise. Its been a while since I've used a turntable
in anger but I don't remember this much noise on my old Dual 505.
I've uploaded a small mp3 clip (about 10secs) here
The background noise is only present when the stylus hits the vinyl - so
I guess its not a ground issue? Does it sound excessive?
Cheers,
Lordy
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Just FYI (I gather you've sorted this now) I had problems with
mechanical noise (not audible through the speakers) from my RPM9. It
turned out that the platter was rubbing against the plinth beecause the
main bearing was incorrectly adjusted. Easily fixed (even though it took
Project's agents two attempts), but I've just noticed it's slipped
again, so it's out with the spanners ;-)
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I had a similar turntable here in the past, and it seemed to transmit a
hell of a lot of motor noise to the stylus, may be the same for you. I
guess you have removed any trasit bolts on the TT?
I also have a couple of records that seem to have hum recorded into the
groove, but as this seems to be the case with several of your LP's I
guess thats not it.
May be worth checking with the place you got it from, there is no excuse
for any turntable to do this.
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(*) Captured to my PC via a cheap pre-amp from Maplin, saved me having to
lug my PC into the sitting room!
Currently reduced from £25 to £15 if anyone is interested!
Cheaper than the RicherSounds Vivanco pre-amp.
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You have 6.5Hz, 50Hz and 100Hz components. Check your earthing for a start
and try to keep vibrations away. Wooden floors are not good. When archiving
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. I've re-recorded the clip and I've noticed something more interesting about
that noise. It only kicks in when the groove is found...
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your LPs, a high-pass filter at 20Hz will be useful if you can't get rid of
the 6.5Hz resonance.
The Maplin pre-amp is not very good. I haven't done a proper comparison with
my decent pre-amp so it may be psychological, but it sounds 'grainy' to me.
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