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Record Player - Phono Preamp cable recs….

Hello all,

 

So I’ve been pushing up the quality of my digital stream, and now I put some attention and love to my vinyl playback….

Current phono playback consists of: Music Hall MMF-9 and McIntosh MP 100 Preamp (Goldring Eroica lx cartridge). 

I was previously using Duelund interconnects, which left me very unsatisfied especially when compared with my digital stream. I experimented with a top of the line anticable interconnect (7.3 I think), which after burn in sounds very good, though admittedly I think I prefer my Silversmith Fidelium RCA to it as it seems just a bit more magical, open, alive, wide. 

So, I am now looking to upgrade the interconnect between my player and phono preamp. If I spring for a silversmith it’ll be a hair over a grand… but before I do that I was wondering what recs you all would have for a phono interconnect…. 

looking for super presence, jazz acoustic vocal strings horn… texture, tone…. Vivid hallucinatory presence… 

suggestions?

 

thank you all. 

R.

whyrichard
elliottbnewcombjr
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it's random, one just popped up for auction, 19 hrs to go, $159. usd minimum bid

https://yahoo.aleado.com/lot?auctionID=1201473404

It comes in a Magnesium Headshell, that is both azimuth adjustable, and overhang adjustable.

estimate add ons using what I showed in the other thread.

You need an account with Aleado, with verified money in it (funds from Paypal for instance) (use best Credit Card to fund Paypal) and they bid for you. Seller ships in Japan toAleado who opens/inspects/verifies the item, then they give you a few shipping options, you pick one, then last I got an invoice from Fedex for 15% tarriff and a small disbursement fee.

 

whyrichard OP
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Hello!

 

i have the at Audio Technica AT160 ML on my music hall 9.1, and a few questions:

 

it is hard to get the correct tracking force. The scale seems to read inconsistent grams, though of course 1 gram is very light.
 

I have had to remove the weight for the anti skate otherwise it seemed to pull too much to the outside. Are there different weights available?

 

I get a buzz. I will try a different cable feom

the turntable to the McIntosh mp 100…. It currently is an unshielded Duelund 20ga rca. Will soon have a silversmith fidelium. Could it be something else?

 

Thanks,

richard. 

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audphile1
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Buzz can be caused by - you did not ground your turntable to phono stage (check that) and wifi or other source of emi and rfi is in close proximity to your cartridge, phono stage, cables. 

whyrichard OP
89 posts
 

I now have it working with no buzz… but I have unhooked the anti skate weight. Otherwise it seemed to push to the outside….  Is this alright? Or should I be doing something differently?

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audphile1
8,004 posts
 

Shouldn’t be complicated. 
1. make sure your turntable is level

2. use the scale and set the anti-skate according to the cartridge specs

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