Trouble tracking new Norah Jones LP

Thanks for invite. Good idea. I'm drop you an email off-thread. Of course, if it turns out to be OK Chez Deacon, I'll have to abduct you and Paul to try and figure out the problem in WH. And if you have not yet gotten your Mint-tractor you can get a sneak preview w mine.

OK, to those who have an interest; the LP CAN be tracked correctly, but it may not matter. I took Doug up on his generous offer and his TriP/Univ arm/cart tracks it just fine at a very low tracking force. However, the bass is very muddy and indistinct. Powerful but w little pitch definition. Overall sound quality is not great at all and the use of male backing vocals on some tracks is more than a bit weird. A disappointment, esp. when compared to the superb quality of the LP of her first album. Now you may not like her voice (I do but whatever), but her band is outstanding and it really shines through on the LP vs the CD or the SACD.

Same problem here. Teres TT, Shroeder M2 arm, ZYX Universe Airy-2. I thought it was my table!

The little sucker jumps right out of the grooves on the some of the bass notes; sometimes a good 3/16" of the radius. I do not use damping fluid on the Schroeder. Tracking at 1.8 gms.

I have the new 180 g and it jumps so much I can't track even one song. finished the first side in about 10 minutes! And btw, 09rdking, that's why they make chocolate and vanilla ;~)

Johnnyb53- my rig tracks the first NJ 180 gm LP just fine so I'm thinking its the pressing, now that I hear others are having trouble, too. I've been reluctant to try the damping fluid; my system does not, I don't think, need to be "toned down" (pun not intended) and with the Schroeder's unique pseudo-unit pivot, I'm not sure how you would remove the fluid if you decided you did not like it.

Genesis- the vinyl looks fine and was cleaned with Nitty Gritty prior to first (attempted) play.