I feel the need to chime in here.
I recently have been pained by two cartridges and the whole time I thought it was my Thorens 145mkii.
The same cart you are using was giving me headaches for weeks. The M97xe had great reviews and was cheap so I purchased it. The first 2 songs always played great. But once it hit those inner grooves, it turned distorted and nasty real quick.
I did everything short of a new tonearm. {Until yesterday I was looking around for a new arm!}
Different protractors, different VTA, anti-skate this anti-skate that! But nothing worked. Still the same results.
So I get upset and put on my Grado Black. A smile on my face. It sounds great! Until.......the 3rd song in on Coldplay's "Rush of Blood..." and whammo. Same thing! So now I am thinking its the turntable. Somethings wrong.
I have read countless pages on tweeking and setting up turntable. Done tons of different setups to my Thorens, I am sure its getting pissy at me! And then yesterday came.
I was so upset I couldn't listen to a whole side of an album I did something I never thought I would do.
When I purchased the Thorens the guy gave me 3 carts. All Audio-Technica older carts. I did minor research on them and they were still selling for $30. So in my head these were know way going to beat out the Shure and the Grado. But I was at a crossroads. New arm or plunk down for an expensive cart, in my head thats what was wrong.
I put on the Audio-Technica At90e. To my smiling face it played all the way through. Not one side but the whole album! The whole thing. I kept waiting and waiting for some distortion. Nope. Music is all I heard. I freakin' flipped.
I tried 180 gram albums, I tried old 1960 Sinatra albums, I tried old punk albums....they all played. And sounded great too! I read all the reviews on the AT carts {none on this particular cart} and they all say great things about the tracking. I'm a believer. Audio-Technica has a new life member.
This is not to say that this will sove your problems, but at $30 give it a shot.
I dont know if these are bad carts {shure and grado} or if this is what is meant by the cart is not right for this arm {TP63 wand and TP 16II arm.}
But I am really happy I found something that works.
If your still reading my ramble...thanks!
db
I recently have been pained by two cartridges and the whole time I thought it was my Thorens 145mkii.
The same cart you are using was giving me headaches for weeks. The M97xe had great reviews and was cheap so I purchased it. The first 2 songs always played great. But once it hit those inner grooves, it turned distorted and nasty real quick.
I did everything short of a new tonearm. {Until yesterday I was looking around for a new arm!}
Different protractors, different VTA, anti-skate this anti-skate that! But nothing worked. Still the same results.
So I get upset and put on my Grado Black. A smile on my face. It sounds great! Until.......the 3rd song in on Coldplay's "Rush of Blood..." and whammo. Same thing! So now I am thinking its the turntable. Somethings wrong.
I have read countless pages on tweeking and setting up turntable. Done tons of different setups to my Thorens, I am sure its getting pissy at me! And then yesterday came.
I was so upset I couldn't listen to a whole side of an album I did something I never thought I would do.
When I purchased the Thorens the guy gave me 3 carts. All Audio-Technica older carts. I did minor research on them and they were still selling for $30. So in my head these were know way going to beat out the Shure and the Grado. But I was at a crossroads. New arm or plunk down for an expensive cart, in my head thats what was wrong.
I put on the Audio-Technica At90e. To my smiling face it played all the way through. Not one side but the whole album! The whole thing. I kept waiting and waiting for some distortion. Nope. Music is all I heard. I freakin' flipped.
I tried 180 gram albums, I tried old 1960 Sinatra albums, I tried old punk albums....they all played. And sounded great too! I read all the reviews on the AT carts {none on this particular cart} and they all say great things about the tracking. I'm a believer. Audio-Technica has a new life member.
This is not to say that this will sove your problems, but at $30 give it a shot.
I dont know if these are bad carts {shure and grado} or if this is what is meant by the cart is not right for this arm {TP63 wand and TP 16II arm.}
But I am really happy I found something that works.
If your still reading my ramble...thanks!
db