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Major Problems with Aleph Ono

I have an Aleph Ono on loan I am considering purchasing. The rest of my set up consists of a Clearaudio Virt. Wood MM, VPI MkIII/PT 6, ARC LS15, ARC VT 200, Vandy 3A Sig's.

The Ono sounds great, much better than the Creek unit I currently use, the problem is, when I turn the volume up to even moderate levels, the woofers in the speakers ossilate and the tonearm starts hopping off the record! I have the jumpers in for the lowest output (60 db) and am using the recommended settings for the cartridge.

I have tried different loading, resistance, cables, balanced and single-ended outputs, I even borrowed a friends pre-amp and took the LS 15 out. Nothing has changed.

Obviously this is not good. I have talked to Pass (not the Ono), the guy selling it (as baffled as I), and someone I consider an experience Vinylphile who told me to move on and buy a different stage (maybe a PH3).

My question is this. Has anyone had the problem and does anyone know how to fix it?
jmcdermott

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Well, I got rid of the sorbathane, replaced w/ vibrapods and still had the problem. After moving the table to a kitchen chair placed in front of my rack the problem went away! Now I either need to convince my wife the kitchen chair looks better in the music room or go to a wall shelf I guess.

I'm curious though why the so-called isolation devices didn't work. I even tried stacking the AudioTechnica leveling feet on the Vibrapods and them on top of the Big Feet. It was definately woblly and top heavy but apparently not isolating the table from the correct resonance. Set on the uneven kitchen chair w/ no iso at all solved it! Amazing.

Also, any idea why the lowly Creek MMF8 doesn't present this rpoblem?
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