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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Showing 2 responses by stringreen

Rodman9999,,,an improperly working cartridge can ruin a test record with one pass making the test worthless on susequent runs.
Rodman9999... a blank disc tells you nothing about anti-skate which is a function of friction...another words, when the music is loud, more anti-skate is needed than when the music is soft. When the stylus is at the beginning of the disc which in effect is turning faster than at the end, the skating problem is effected again. Forget about test records...they do nothing beneficial.