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My Dumb Question of the Day

I feel strongly that I should ask a dumb question every day. Audiogon's turn.

When I am playing an LP I clearly hear the music when the amp is off. I know that this is how the phonograph has worked from the beginning (the old wind up Victrola at my sister's house), but is this really a good thing. Would better more efficient coupling improve the signal to the cartridge, would better damping of the tonearm improve the signal, basically, is this accoustic phenomena less noticable on a really high end turntable.

I'm using a Clearaudio Champion with Aurum Beta S and RB300 arm.
jpharris

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nighthawk
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Only an engineer could ask a question like that:)

It doesn't seem like such a dumb question to me. If you can hear the acoustic effects of the stylus tracking the groove then obviously some energy is being wasted that could have been transferred electrically. A more efficient transfer mechanism should, in theory, result in more information being retrieved from the groove.

Sorry, I don't know the answer, though.
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