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Do I upgrade my cartridge or my turntable

I just bought a new preamp a rouge rp7 and a pro ject tube box DS3B  phono preamp. I also replaced the phono cable with a fully balanced set with xlr ends. My turn table is a 1989 linn basik with a akito 2 tone arm and a linn adikt cartridge. The old preamp was a linn pretec. The rest of my system is a Bryston 4 B power amp a pair of Dynaudio special forty speakers and a rel S510 sub woofer. My speeker wire is Naim audio solid copper coated with silver.all my interconnect cabels are solid braided silver. Now when I play vynal there is a vast improvement in sound now but I would like to get more seperation and be Abel to hear the different instruments better, when listening to classical and jazz.also get a bit deeper base my highs and mids are  great. When I listen to other styles of music on vynal  I am good with it. Now do I upgrade my cartridge at this point  or do I need to upgrade to a linn lp12 at this point I like linn turntabels .Thank you Michael. 

mal11963
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pindac
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There are quite reasonable costing methods available to be considered that can move your TT on in advanced Tech.

A LP12 Motor can be adopted for use.t

The Old Power Supply PCB Board can be swapped out, this will give a Board built from components not at risk of age related issues. 

The Platter Spindle Bearing can be serviced. 

Linn in their latest £50Kish TT, have now got on board 'pardon the pun' with using Resin Impregnated Densified Wood produced as a Board Material for their support structure. It is almost certain the product being used is Panzerholz or Permali.

For your own TT a Board Material such as  P'holz or P'mali used as the Plinth Blank, to be used to create a New Structure can be acquired for approx' £300.

Working on a TT's Supporting Structure will also bring very impressive results.

Some of the above suggestions utilised will give the user assurity the TT is in the finest of fettle. 

All of the above suggestions utilised have the potential to produce a TT, that will easily be able to get best from improved TA>Cart' assemblies, and I will be surprised if it does not take comparisons on TT's with multi £0000's attached to show it a clean set of heels. 

chrisoshea
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OP.....Please ...The comment "deeper base" ...It’s Bass as in Acoustic Bass, Double Bass, NOT Base....If you want Base, try Baseball....Ever read an album cover? Ever see a refrence to Ray Brown, Base????err...No....

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regafan
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Stylus cleaner, the Audio Technica AT 607a stylus brush and fluid works great, it dries quickly,  and, it is inexpensive. Cartridge demagnetizing. It works with moving coil cartridges. It works so well it has to be seen to be believed. Do not demagnetize a moving magnet cartridge as you will ruin it. Your Linn Adikt cartridge is a moving magnet cartridge, Do not demagnetize it.

Check tracking force and the anti skate setting. Anti skate should no more than the tracking force, I believe it should be a little less than the tracking force.

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pindac
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Degaussing MC Cart’s and SUT’s does have a notable effect on a how the sound is produced that follows the treatment. It certainly reigns looseness in and produces an improved resolution to certain frequencies.

Is it worth the expense of purchasing a degaussing device at approx’ $300, that is for the individual to decide, a loan of a degauss tool, might be the best first steps to make a discovery of the influence on a home set up.

Has the OP got an update on their direction being considered? 

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