Trouble tracking new Norah Jones LP

Stringreen - thanks so much for enlightening me. My VPI sounds horrible, so that may be something worth trying.

Swampwalker,
Why not drop by with this infamous LP some day? It'd be interesting to see if our rig would track it.

Madfloyd..if the VPI sounds horrible, it is not the result of damping...that puts the "finishing touches" on to a properly set up and running turntable.

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.