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Mistracking

I am re starting this thread with new found additions.

Does anyone have this new music fidelity pressing? Awesome to say the least, however on Track 3 on side one, "the wind that shakes the barley" I notice only on certain dynamic volume increases the recording sounds as though it was a little "hot" in the vocals? In other words I hear a ever so slight distortion for a split second no matter what volume level I listen to this track at. Could I have a bad pressing or do you think it's simply so resolving, it's coming through via the remaster? Any help or input would be greatly appreciated.

I installed a new Rega Exact cart which has the 3 point allignment that locks you into a nearly perfect tracking angle and I still hear the same ever so slight distortion in the left channel only. Again, only on the parts of the song where Lisa really belts out a lyric. And I tried it with a Graham Slee Era Gold phono preamp, same situaion.

Could the vinyl be damaged due to mistracking with a shibata stylus on the 2M black??

I'm at a total loss.
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in all liklihood 1 of two things is occurring

a) cartridge linked mistracking is occurring. If you have had the stylus for a while it could be worn out. If the stylus is low on hours of play it could be a compliance mismatch between tonearm mass and catridge. I belive the rega arms are moderate in mass, so this is unlikely for other than a low compliance (stiff suspension) stylus. Angle of the stylus is unlikely to cause... extreme geometry styluses are more sensitive to VTA change but wrong VTA generally causes loss of detail, not distortion. But adjust it if its wrong to be sure

b) tonarm resonance at the recorded frequency. If the voice is intense in the passage, like the proverbial soprano shattering glass it can excite resonance in your tonearm causing distortion.
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