Agree with sending the rig back to AA in this case since you have had it such a short time. At this point they are still responsible for the purchase to be right.
Turntable distorition
I have a VPI Scoutmaster Jr turntable with an Ortofon blue cartridge. I hear distortion in lower and upper frequencies and some times in the highs. Do I have a bad cartridge or is the stock VPI felt mat the problem causing static electricity to build up on the album that I noticed when removing it off the turntable?