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tracking distortion on a p5 + rega cartridge?

Recently purchased a P5 and Super Elys cart... with most of my records (new, vacuum-cleaned) I get frequent distortion/pops/crackling in the right channel. Left channel is fine. I need to fix this ASAP.

Is this tracking distortion? I thoughts that with rega's 3-hole mounting I didn't need to worry about alignment when using rega cartridges.

Please tell me the best way to go about solving this problem. Thanks ;)
allyourbetas

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seandtaylor99
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Did you try swapping the RCAs over at the phono preamp inputs to see if the problem is the turntable or the amp ?

You could also swap the channels at the cartridge to see if there is a tonearm wiring problem.

Alignment / VTA problems have always manifested as distortion in both channels for me, never in only one channel.
seandtaylor99
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Please post back and let us know what happens in case we ever run into a similar problem.
Short of a defective cartridge or tonearm wires I can't think what the problem could be.
seandtaylor99
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Did you try unscrewing the RCA connectors to make sure it's not something obvious like a broken connection in the RCA connector itself. I've had that happen to me. I'm lucky enough to have soldering equipment lying around so it was a 2 minute fix.
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