Fuzzy distortion on vinyl........Stylus issue?

Hi,
it could be everything, start afresh re aligning your cartridge first. See how it goes. You said that happens on both new vinyl and older one, so dirty records are out. Fuzzy sound comes from misalignment and dirty/bad stylus.

One time in college the phone rang, same problem no idea what is going on heard you know this stuff can you help me please? So I asked this total stranger three questions experience had taught me are critical in solving such problems: Where are you? Do you have beer? Is it cold?

Thus having ascertained the essentials I came over, quaffed the brew, flicked the dust wad off the stylus, and joined the party. WSU, 1977.

You cannot believe how much easier it was to do this before the internet.

@millercarbon ... NYU?

@badger_erich

how close are your speakers to your turntable?
what sort of rack is your turntable sitting on?

assuming you know that this vinyl has not already had the grooves damaged.......

that fuzzy sort of sound might be an extreme case of feedback from the music. one easy way to check that out would be if you have a set of headphones that you could listen to the vinyl playback with your amplifier off and your speakers silent. if you still have that fuzzy sound then it’s your cartridge or set-up, or maybe a bad bearing in your arm, or even maybe the arm bearing is not properly seated in the bearing cup....or the tone arm base might be loose, or the arm board might be loose.

anyway, those would be the first things i would check.

What table and arm are you using?