Swamp man TWL is right; I believe your Blackcube is not set for your cartridge. Your VTA and VTF should be close enough to sound way better than it does. Once you get the cube set for the Benz you will hear a marked improvement.
Then you should get one of those Shure stylus force gauges to check your VTF, also something to check to see how your arm sets in relation to the record surface, to see how close your VTA is before you try to dial it in by ear. GOOD LUCK.
I just got two imports of
Andrus Vollenweiders "Down To the Moon" this week
One a Holland press and the other a Japanese press.
My original press is a Canadian Record club press that is very good, much better than the USA press.
When I was listening to the Imports I thought to myself how much better the Imports sounded, for so little money they had transformed the sound of my system. I never really noticed a difference between Japanese/UK CD's and the USA ones I have. That's why we are "Record Hounds" the difference between issues, and pressings is significant most times.
You have to clean your LPs.
I havent tried the simplegreen trick yet but I am getting ready to deep clean a couple of LPs I bought on eBay this week.
You still need to clean new lps to remove the release agent. After you clean your lps its a good idea to put them in a Quality inner sleeve. Red Trumpet is getting some of those old style mofi ones in for a really good price.
These Types of sleeves are anti- static and will keep your LPs clean.
Cheers,
Ron
Then you should get one of those Shure stylus force gauges to check your VTF, also something to check to see how your arm sets in relation to the record surface, to see how close your VTA is before you try to dial it in by ear. GOOD LUCK.
I just got two imports of
Andrus Vollenweiders "Down To the Moon" this week
One a Holland press and the other a Japanese press.
My original press is a Canadian Record club press that is very good, much better than the USA press.
When I was listening to the Imports I thought to myself how much better the Imports sounded, for so little money they had transformed the sound of my system. I never really noticed a difference between Japanese/UK CD's and the USA ones I have. That's why we are "Record Hounds" the difference between issues, and pressings is significant most times.
You have to clean your LPs.
I havent tried the simplegreen trick yet but I am getting ready to deep clean a couple of LPs I bought on eBay this week.
You still need to clean new lps to remove the release agent. After you clean your lps its a good idea to put them in a Quality inner sleeve. Red Trumpet is getting some of those old style mofi ones in for a really good price.
These Types of sleeves are anti- static and will keep your LPs clean.
Cheers,
Ron