INNER GROOVE DISTORTION


Seasons greetings! I have a VPI Prime Sig. with a Soundsmith " The Voice " cart. and am having an issue with inner groove distortion. I don't use anti-skating, just twisting the cable going to the junction box. I will be upgrading the arm to a Fatboy soon and when the tech comes to set it up we will address the issue. On some records I can't listen to the last song! Frustrating, any feedback will be appreciated. Also, have Pass XP-25, ARC Ref 3 and 75 with ML ESL11A's. Thanks.
joeyfed55

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I’ve never experienced IGD in any of my tables, with any of my cartridges. Not ever. Not in 50 years.  Whether conical, elliptical, hyper elliptical, LC, or Ridge Contact styli, I’ve never had it. Yes, other kinds of distortion from various problems, but never IGD. 

Currently i have 10 tables and 79 cartridges. But I always carefully align the carts in all axes, and I have always checked the performance of the antiskate when adjusting and checking out the table. I use a Lofgren B, DIN alignment. 

I will say that nearly everyone I've known that had IGD issues, failed to carefully and thoroughly check their table and cart. Nearly all could not answer questions about alignment.