Compressed sound from Marantz TT15S1

I’ve just renewed the pulley and installed an MC Project S2 phono amp on my Marantz TT15S1 turntable connected to my Marantz 8805 preamp.

Sounds horrid. Compressed and distorted. Speed is ok.

Settings I’ve used for the Audio Technica AT-OC9ML/II cartridge are:

Tracking force 1.5g

Gain 60dB

Impedance 100 Ohm 100pf

Any suggestions why this could be so corrupted?

The stylus is hardly used. Less than 100hrs.

johnread5712-14-2024 11:21am

johnread57 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 234 posts 12-14-2024 at 07:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete This seems to be the issue. I will move the connection and retry the sound. Thanks.
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johnread57 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 234 posts 12-18-2024 at 06:49am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yes, this fixed the issue. Now, connecting through an analog input has this problem fixed. Thanks to all for the suggestions here.