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No Vocals from Grateful Dead RSD LP

Hello -- this problem has me perplexed. I purchased the Grateful Dead LP on RSD and when I played it, I didn't get any vocal output. So I emailed the distributor (Rhino), which sent me another copy. I put it on last night and ... no vocals! All my other vinyl plays perfectly. My system is a Thorens 165 turntable w/Grado Sonata cartridge, Dynaco ST70 power amp, Dynaco PAS 2 preamp, Budgie phono preamp, and Dahlquist D-10 speakers. I plan on going to a record store here and they have turntables and I hope they will allow me to play the album to see if I get any vocals from another system. However, any idea/troubleshooting to find out why I"m having this the problem with this LP? Thanks!.
theeditor
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fsonicsmith
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Now if you can just get rid of the endless guitar noodling you might end up with a decent record! 
theeditor OP
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I went to a record store and played the album on its system and the vocals were clear. I changed the phono cartridge on my system to see if that was the problem and I heard vocals for one song, then nothing but instrumental...
theeditor OP
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so I just disconnected my phono preamp and now I'm getting vocals? ...
jafant
18,783 posts
 
Could be a bad channel in your pre-amp?
theeditor OP
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Finally figured it out -- I changed from a Grado Sonata to my backup, a Sumiko Pearl. I fooled around with the gains on the Budgie preamp, and what do you know? I have vocals! It never occurred to me to change the gains on the Sonata. Thanks everyone!
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